TRADITIONAL PHYTOTHERAPY FOR VARIOUS DISEASES BY THE LOCAL RURAL PEOPLE OF BHARAI VILLAGE IN THE KULLU DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH (INDIA)
AbstractAn ethno-medicinal survey was undertaken in Bharai village of Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh to collect the information on the use of medicinal plants for the various diseases rampant in the area through questionnaire and personal interviews of the traditional health healers/rural people The investigation reveals that 20 plants belonging to the 16 different families are utilized by local health healers/rural people in traditional phytotherapy. This study also reveals that many people of this region still continue to rely on traditional medicine for their primary health care. There is a little documentation of ethno-medicinal knowledge was carried out in this region. In addition, several wild medicinal plants are declining in number due to destruction and unscientific collection of plants from forests. Hence there is an urgent need for exploration and documentation of the traditional knowledge in order to conserve the local ethno-medicinal plants. Details of medicinal plants are described alphabetically with their botanical name, family, local name, part used, disease/ailment and ethno medicinal uses
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1263-70
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English
IJPSR
Amit Pandey * and Shweta Singh
University School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India
pandeyamit43@yahoo.com
09 September, 2015
29 December, 2015
05 January, 2016
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.7(3).1263-70
01 March, 2016
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