Ethnomedical plants used by the Valaiyan community of Piranmalai Hills (reserved forest), Tamilnadu, India - A pilot study

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-114

  Sandhya, Bezzam ^a   Thomas, S ^a   Isabel, W ^a   Shenbagarathai, R ^a  

^a LADY DOAK COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Herbal medicines; Phytodiversity; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ALBIZIA AMARA EXTRACT; ALLMANIA NODIFLORA EXTRACT; ANISOMELES MALABARICA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BLEPHARIS MADERASPATENSIS EXTRACT; BORASSUS FLABELLIFER EXTRACT; CAPPARIS EXTRACT; CASSIA EXTRACT; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS EXTRACT; CITRUS FRUIT EXTRACT; CORTALARIA PULCHRA EXTRACT; CYMBIDIUM ALOIFOLIUM EXTRACT; DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA EXTRACT; DODONAEA VISCOSA EXTRACT; DOLICHOS TRILOBUS EXTRACT; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA EXTRACT; ENICOSTEMMA AXILLARE EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; GARDENIA EXTRACT; GLORIOSA SUPERBA EXTRACT; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JASMINUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM EXTRACT; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITEX NEGUNDO EXTRACT;

ACANTHACEAE; ALBIZIA AMARA; ALLMANIA NODIFLORA; AMARANTHACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; ANISOMELES MALABARICA; ARECACEAE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BLEPHARIS MADERASPATENSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; BORASSUS FLABELLIFER; CHICKENPOX; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; CORTALARIA PULCHRA; CYMBIDIUM ALOIFOLIUM; DANDRUFF; DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DODONAEA VISCOSA; DOLICHOS TRILOBUS; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; DYSENTERY; ECZEMA; ENICOSTEMMA AXILLARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FLOWER; FRACTURE; FRUIT; GENTIANACEAE; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; HEADACHE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIA; JASMINUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; JAUNDICE; LEGUME; LORANTHACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIMOSA; NONHUMAN; OLEACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; OTALGIA; PILOT STUDY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAPINDACEAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SNAKEBITE; STOMACH PAIN; THORAX PAIN; TOOTH PAIN; VITACEAE; WOUND;

EID: 33746109592     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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