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An ethnomedicinal appraisal of the Kurram Agency, tribal area, Pakistan

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Title Statement An ethnomedicinal appraisal of the Kurram Agency, tribal area, Pakistan
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Muhammad, Said
Hussain, Manzoor
Abbas, Zaheer
Saqib, Zafeer
Bussmann, Rainer W
Shah, Ghulam Mujtaba
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Indigenous knowledge; Kurram agency; Medicinal plants; Pakistan; Tribal area
 
Summary, etc. The present work was conducted at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the agency of Kurram (33° 49' 07'' N and<br />70° 10' 24'' E), an administrative part of the late federally administered tribal area (FATA) of Pakistan. Aim of the study was<br />to document the medicinal flora based on local information, i.e., local classification, part used, drug preparation and dosage.<br />Ethnomedicinal data was obtained through semi structured interviews after obtaining the respondents prior informed<br />consent. During field visits 72 people were interviewed 150 plant species belonging to 131 genera in 86 families were<br />documented. The documented plants were found to be effective for 64 disorders, from simple to complicated health issues.<br />In a quantitative analysis, 31 plant species showed fidelity level ranges from 33-100% and relative frequency of citation<br />from 0.03 to 0.28. Conservation issues related to plant use need to be investigated.
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK)
2019-10-18 12:46:46
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK); ##issue.vol## 18, ##issue.no## 4 (2019): Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
 
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