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Ethno-medicinal uses of Eryngo (Eryngium foetidum L.) by Meitei community of Manipur, Northeast India

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Title Ethno-medicinal uses of Eryngo (Eryngium foetidum L.) by Meitei community of Manipur, Northeast India
 
Creator Devi, Pangeijam Bijaya
Deb, Panna
Singh, Huidrom Birkumar
 
Subject Cuisine
Eryngo
Eryngium foetidum L.
Ethno-medicine
Meitei or Meetei community
Manipur
Traditional knowledge
 
Description 767-774
The Meitei or Meetei ethnic community of Manipur (Northeast India) use the eryngo plant (Eryngium foetidum L. of
Apiaceae family), locally called Awa-phadigom to treat at least 17 diseases and ailments namely, arthritis, bodyache, bone
fracture, cough, cut and injuries, diarrhoea, dysentery, dyspepsia, epilepsy, fever, hypertension, muscular sprain, paralysis,
skin diseases, ulcer, vertigo and vomiting which is in comparison to the 34 diseases or ailments treated as reported from
different parts of the world. Out of the treatments for 17 diseases or ailments recorded in the present study, treatments for
12 diseases or ailments are already reported in the published reports but the treatments for 5 diseases or ailments like
bodyache, bone fracture, muscular sprain, ulcer and vertigo are new additions to the list. In treating the 17 diseases and
ailments, 14 other plants namely, Allium hookeri Thw., Allium odorum L., Allium sativum L., Anotis foetida (Dalz.) Benth &
Hooker f., Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck, Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S. Moore, Drymaria cordata Willd., Emblica
officinalis Gaertn., Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit, Ocimum sanctum L., Piper nigrum L., Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn., Vitex
trifolia L. and Zanthoxylum acanthopodium DC. were also used by combining in different ratio. The fresh eryngo plant is
widely used in food and cuisines across Manipur and cultivated in kitchen gardens as a cash crop. As the eryngo plant is
widely used and has high potential for economic development, proper scientific cultivation technique (agro-technology)
should be developed for different agro-climatic conditions.
 
Date 2021-08-06T06:47:47Z
2021-08-06T06:47:47Z
2021-07
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/57874
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.21: A23L 27/00, A23L 33/105, A61K 36/00, A61K 36/23, A61K 36/74, A61K 45/06
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.20(3) [July 2021]