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Medicinal plants used for veterinary diseases by the local inhabitants of the Teshil Tangi, District Charsadda, Pakistan

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Title Medicinal plants used for veterinary diseases by the local inhabitants of the Teshil Tangi, District Charsadda, Pakistan
 
Creator Jan, Hammad Ahmad
Ahmad, Latif
Bussmann, Rainer W
Jan, Samin
Wali, Sher
Haq, Shiekh Marifatul
Alam, Israr
Romman, Muhammad
 
Subject District Charsadda
Medicinal plants
Pakistan
Tehsil Tangi
Veterinary diseases
 
Description 990-1001
Therapeutic plants ethnically utilized for the cure of various aliments of animals have an important part in the rural veterinary healthcare system because allopathic medicines remain inaccessible, particularly in the third world countries. This work was carried out in Teshil Tangi District Charsadda, Pakistan, in 2016-18, aiming for conserving the ethnic medicinal plants knowledge about veterinary illnesses. Information was collected from older people, herbalists and pansaris (herbal sellers) via semi-structured questionnaire and open ended interviews. Quantification of the result was done by Relative Frequency Citation (RFC) and Use Value (UV).The result of current study comprises of the 118 therapeutic plant species’ collection which belong to forty-six families by interviewing 233 native informants. Among the 46 botanical families, Leguminosae with 14 species was the leading family. The most dominant growth habit was herbs constituted (68%). Leaves (42%) were the main morphological parts used for ethnoveterinary medicine. The highest UV was obtained for 0.52 for Silybum marianum (L.) and RFC (0.33) for Silybum marianum (L.). Most of the therapeutic plants have been utilized for curing digestive illnesses, followed by promote lactation and wounds healing. Due to the dense and diverse vegetation, the study area is rich in ethnobotanical knowledge and the people still use medicinal plants to cure animal diseases.
 
Date 2021-11-11T09:21:29Z
2021-11-11T09:21:29Z
2021-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/58448
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.21: A61K 36/00, A61K 36/28, A61K 36/185
 
Publisher CSIR-NIScPR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.20(4) [October 2021]