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<p>An ethnomedicinal survey of traditionally used medicinal plants from Charkhi Dadri district, Haryana: an attempt towards documentation and preservation of ethnic knowledge</p>

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Title Statement <p>An ethnomedicinal survey of traditionally used medicinal plants from Charkhi Dadri district, Haryana: an attempt towards documentation and preservation of ethnic knowledge</p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Yadav, Surender Singh; Dr. Surender Singh Yadav Assistant Professor, Department of Botany Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak (Haryana) India 124001
Rao, A S; Department of Botany, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124 001, Haryana, India
Sheoran, A ; Department of Botany, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124 001, Haryana, India
Singh, N ; Department of Botany, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124 001, Haryana, India
Nandal, A ; Department of Botany, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124 001, Haryana, India
Bhandoria, M S; Department of Education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir 190 001, India
Ganaie, S A; Department of Botany, Government College, Mahendergarh, Haryana, India
Bansal, P ; Department of Botany, KLP College, Rewari, Haryana, India
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Aravalli hills; Drug discovery; Ethnomedicine; Medicinal plants; Traditional knowledge
 
Summary, etc. Medicinal plants have remained an integral source of therapeutics for primary healthcare since antiquity. The information pertaining to usage of plants is either inherited from elders or acquired through trials or the experience of others but is not documented frequently. South Haryana is one such rich storehouse of ethnomedicinal knowledge. Hence, ethnomedicinally important plants from Charkhi Dadri district of Haryana state were documented in the present study. The data was collected through field surveys and in-depth interviews organized in the fields during the years 2018-19. Factor of informant consensus was also calculated. A total of 90 ethnomedicinal plants were identified, belonging to 41 families and 79 genera. Majority of plants were herbs (47.7%), followed by trees (30%). Leguminosae (10%) represented the maximum number of plants, followed by Solanaceae (6.6% each) and Amaranthaceae, Lamiaceae and Poaceae (5.5% each). A total of 64 ailments were reported to be treated traditionally by ethnomedicinal plants in the area. The most commonly treated diseases were menorrhagia, skin boils, typhoid, diabetes, piles and diarrhoea. It was observed that the majority of plants were used freshly to extract juice, followed by powder and decoction and rarely as tea or oil forms. The present study provides comprehensive ethnomedicinal data including vernacular and botanical names, names of the family, mode of preparation, administration and dosage of plant drugs and diseases treated. It was concluded that this region still possesses numerous useful ethnomedicinal knowledge and may contribute to further herbal drug development programs.
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK)
2021-06-04 16:32:52
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK); ##issue.vol## 20, ##issue.no## 2 (2021): Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
 
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