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Folk medicines used by the Moran of Brahmaputra valley, Tinsukia district, Assam, India

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Title Folk medicines used by the Moran of Brahmaputra valley, Tinsukia district, Assam, India
 
Creator Kalita, Dilip
Bonoranjan, Phukan
 
Subject Moran
Folk medicine
Brahmaputra valley
Barak valley
Tinsukia district
Assam
 
Description 73-76
It is well known that from the time immemorial large numbers of plant species are used
by the mankind for the treatment of different kinds of diseases. The herbal folklore of the Moran
of Tinsukia District of Assam is very rich hence, an attempt has been made to study and document
uses and methods of applications of various plants for different diseases. During present study
treatment of 10 diseases namely acidity, anemia, blood poisoning, constipation, diabetes, gout,
rheumatism, piles, stomach pain and tetanus were paid attention and noted medicines applied to
cure them. A total number of 19 such medicinally important plant species are reported in this
paper.
 
Date 2009-04-08T11:21:11Z
2009-04-08T11:21:11Z
2009-02
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0972-592X
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3776
 
Language en_US
 
Relation Int. cl.8— A61K 36/00, A61P 1/04, A61P 1/14, A61P 19/02, A61P 19/06, A61P 7/12
 
Publisher CSIR
 
Source NPR Vol.8(1) [January-February 2009]