Observations on the traditional phytotherapy among the inhabitants of Parvati valley in western Himalaya, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 167-176

  Sharma, Parveen Kumar ^a,b   Chauhan, N S ^a   Lal, Brij ^a,b  

^a DR Y S PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Inhabitants; Parvati valley; Phytotherapy; Traditional; Western Himalayas

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; FUEL; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACANTHACEAE; ACHILLEA; ACHYRANTHES; ACONITUM; ACORUS CALAMUS; AJUGA; ANDROSACE ROTUNDIFOLIA; APIALES; ARCTIUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; ASTERACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; BUPLEURUM; CISSAMPELOS; CODONOPSIS; CORYDALIS; CUCUMBER; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEVER; FOOD; GEUM; HUMAN; INDIA; JUNIPERUS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NARDOSTACHYS; NATIVE SPECIES; ORCHIDACEAE; OREGANO; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRORHIZA KURROA; PLANTAGO; PNEUMONIA; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; POLYGONATUM; POLYGONUM; POMEGRANATE; POTENTILLA; PRIMULACEAE; RHODODENDRON; RHUBARB; ROSACEAE; SAUSSUREA; SNAKEBITE; STOMACH DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERBASCUM; VITEX; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 2442483939     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

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