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| Title: | Medicinal plants of North-Kamrup district of Assam used in primary healthcare system |
| Authors: | Das, N J
Saikia, S P
Sarkar, S
Devi, K |
| Keywords: | Assam
Ethnomedicine
Healthcare practices
Bodo tribe
Koch-Rajbongshi tribe
Santal tribe
Asthma
Dog bite
Dysentery
Piles
Sinusitis
Ulcer |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/02, A61P1/04, A61P1/16, A61P5/24, A61P5/26, A61P9/14, A61P11/00, A61P11/02, A61P11/06, A61P11/08, A61P15/00, A61P15/08, A61P17/00, A61P17/14, A61P27/14, A61P29/00, A61P35/00, A61P39/02 |
| Abstract: | Medicinal value of herbaceous plants used by different ethnic
groups of the North-Kamrup district of Assam, based on survey is presented.
Information was collected through personal interview with local herbal
practitioners. Of 31 plant medicinal species documented, 8 species were found
to be used in stomach disorder, 4 in body pain, 3 species in piles, 2 species
in skin disease, 2 in ulcer and remaining in dysurea, boils, nervous affection,
spermatorrhoea, jaundice, toothache, hydrophobia, sinusitis, asthmatic trouble
and obstetrics problem. |
| Page(s): | 489-493 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.05(4) [October 2006]
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