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Ethno-medicinal plants used by the people of Dharan, Eastern Nepal

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Title Ethno-medicinal plants used by the people of Dharan, Eastern Nepal
 
Creator Magar, Renuka Ale
Mallik, Anand Raj
Chaudhary, Sujan
Parajuli, Sanju
 
Subject Disease and Treatment
Eastern Nepal
Ethno-medicine
Traditional knowledge
 
Description 72-80
The present study aims to document the traditional knowledge of local people of Dharan, Eastern Nepal, associated with medicinal plants and their uses. Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) was used to collect ethno-medicinal data and information from the study area. The present study has reported 33 medicinal plant species under 20 families where 21 plant species were found to be wild and 12 as cultivated. Frequently occurring life form was found to be herbs, n=15 (42.42%) followed by shrubs (33.33%) and trees (24.24%). The present study has reported more than 35 different ailments, which have been treated, prevented and cured by 33 plant species. Some of the major disorders are cancer, piles, perspiration, bronchitis and asthma. Many plants have shown similar results as previous study by different researchers. However, some plants have shown different medicinal uses as compared to others’ research.
 
Date 2022-02-15T09:48:47Z
2022-02-15T09:48:47Z
2022-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/59162
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.22: A61K 45/00, A61K 33/00, A01G 7/00
 
Publisher CSIR-NIScPR
 
Source IJTK Vol.21(1) [January 2022]