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| Title: | Folk medicines for some diseases prevalent in Lakhimpur district of Brahmaputra valley, Assam |
| Authors: | Kalita, Dilip
Deb, Bikash |
| Keywords: | Folk medicines
Bejes
Bejinis
Brahmaputra valley
Barak valley
Lakhimpur
Assam |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl.7 — A61K 35/78 |
| Abstract: | An attempt has
been made to prepare a list of folk medicines invariably used by Bejes (medicine men) and Bejinis (medicine women) for treating 10
different diseases namely abdominal pain, abscess, allergy, amebiasis, asthma,
backache, fungal infection of nail, lice control, piles and pinworm infection
which are prevalent in some rural areas of Lakhimpur district of Brahmaputra
valley, Assam. Information on twenty two plant species is given in this paper
for further studies. |
| Page(s): | 319-322 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1092 (Online); 0972-592X (Print) |
| Source: | NPR Vol.5(4) [July-August 2006]
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