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Kumar, Sajiwan, Sethiya, Chandrabhan, Tirkey, Sukrita |
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Plant Archives (09725210); Apr2022, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p187-194, 8p |
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India has century's old heritage of medicinal plants and herbal medicines for curing human illness. Medicinal plants form the only easily accessible health care alternatives for most of our population in rural and tribal areas. The knowledge acquired by local indigenous people or the tribal's through generation shows the in-depth understanding of natural plant resources. The traditional medicine is widely used and accounts for around 40% of all health care delivered. There are several diseases on which remedy of medicinal plants is found most effective. Jaundice is one of the serious diseases of human beings in which yellow coloration of eyes, vomiting of yellowing fluid and yellowish skin is noticed as external symptoms. Many plants and minerals are being used to cure Jaundice by local Vaidhya or tribal people to cure Jaundice, there are sure herbal remedies to cure Jaundice. The present investigation aims to know the most common plants which are useful to cure Jaundice in Bastar region by local Vaidhya. The study was undertaken in Machkot forest range of Bastar region of Chhattisgarh state. The result revealed that the total of 39 plant species belonging to 18 families have been reported for treatment of Jaundice in different forms and doses. The use of these plants and plant parts to treat various illnesses is still needed by the communities because of poor socioeconomic conditions, the high cost and difficult access to allopathic medicines. During the investigation following most important medicinal herbs were reported viz.; Calotropis procera, Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellirica, Azadiarchta indica, Boerhavia diffusa and Raphanus sativus to cure Jaundice by local traditional Vaidyas in different forms and doses as per traditional knowledge system given by previous generation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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