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Medicinal Plants used During Traditional Postnatal Care Practices in Rajasthan, India

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Title Medicinal Plants used During Traditional Postnatal Care Practices in Rajasthan, India
MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN POSTNATAL CARE
 
Creator Aishwarya Dudi
Dheeraj Singh
 
Subject Confinement Period
Ethno medicine
Healthcare
Indigenous Practices
Rituals
 
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Pali district of Rajasthan has powerful traditional practices in which plants play a key role. The
present study endeavour to investigate and document the various medicinal plants used as traditional method of
postnatal care of mother and children. A total of 120 rural women from randomly selected villages within the age
group of 27 to 45 years were interviewed. The investigation revealed that 27 species of ethno medicinal plants
were recorded belonging to 20 families used by the rural people of Pali district, Rajasthan for postnatal care
practices. These medicinal plants were used as nutritious and medicinal preparations for postnatal care in the form
of powder, decoction, laddu or haluwa etc. The mixture of different plant parts were also used for preparations.
Most of the rural women (70 to 95%) used ethno medicinal preparation that is, dried ginger (Zingiber officinale)
mixture, carom seed (Trachyspermum ammi), laddu, haluwa, edible gum (Allium sativum) laddu, harrira, fenugreek
(Trigonella foenum-graecum) seed laddu just after delivery. Some of the popular formulations of carom, turmeric
(Curcuma longa), nutmeg (Myristica fragrans), cloves (Syzygium aromaticum), garlic (Allium sativum) and
asafoetida (Ferula assafoetida) were used by ninety percent rural women to give comfort to the baby from
digestive disorders and cold and cough. These practices if unified with modern healthcare system could promote the health status of thousands of women and their neonate
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Date 2021-07-27T10:28:33Z
2021-07-27T10:28:33Z
2018-07-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Not Available
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/50284
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Kamla-Raj