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Tribal Medicinal Plants (Paperback)
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An ethnobotanical survey was undertaken to collect information from
traditional healers on the use of medicinal plants in the Western
Ghats, Tamilnadu during 2003 to 2007. The investigation revealed
that, the traditional healers used 75 species of plants distributed
in 71 genera belonging to 40 families to treat various diseases.
The documented medicinal plants were mostly used to cure skin
disorders, poison bites, stomach ache, nervous disorders, diabetes,
common cold, cancer, ulcers and wounds. Among the plants, 20
frequently used plants were selected and various studies such as
Pharmacognostical, Antimicrobial and Free radical scavenging
studies were performed to prove their medicinal potential. The
traditional healers are dwindling in number and there is a
potential danger of traditional knowledge disappearing soon, as the
younger generation is not intensely interested to further this
tradition. This study supports claims that the Malasar posses a
rich traditional aboriginal knowledge of medicinal plants and that
many aboriginals and mainstream people utilize medicinal plants of
the Ayyasamy hills, situated in the Western Ghats between Tamilnadu
- Kerala state borders.
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