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| Title: | People’s knowledge on medicinal plants in Sringeri taluk, Karnataka |
| Authors: | Prakasha, H M
Krishnappa, M |
| Keywords: | Folk medicine
Indigenous medicine
Karnataka
Medicinal plants |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/04, A61P1/06, A61P1/08, A61P1/10, A61P1/12, A61P5/00, A61P5/50, A61P9/14, A61P11/00, A61P11/10, A61P17/00, A61P17/04, A61P29/00, A61P31/00, A61P31/12, A61P35/00 |
| Abstract: | The present
paper reports therapeutic uses of eleven medicinal plants used by the
indigenous people for curing many of the skin diseases. For ringworms, eczema
and scabies, the species of Lobelia,
Vitex, Asparagus, Leucas and Ocimum
are used, during prickly heat, itching and measles, species of Ocimum, Asparagus, Adhatoda, and Leucas are used, while during small pox, species of Hibiscus and Vitex are
extensively used. Indigenous people depend upon these plants for curing the
skin disorders rather going for modern medicine. Documentation of such
knowledge is important to evaluate culture and protection of people’s exert on
local biodiversity, since these aspects have implications in conservation and
management of local resources. |
| Page(s): | 353-357 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.05(3) [July 2006]
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