Studies on traditional knowledge of medicinal herbs of Swat Kohistan, District Swat, Pakistan

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 11-28

  Hamayun, Muhammad ^a,d   Khan, Mir Ajab ^b   Chudhary, Muhammad Fayyaz ^b   Ahmad, Habib ^c  

^a Government Degree College Kotha   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hindu Kush mountains; Medicinal herbs; Swat Kohistan; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADIANTUM; ALLOPATHY; AMARANTHACEAE; APIALES; ARACEAE; ARALIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORIANDER; EUPHORBIA; FENNEL; GARLIC; GOOSEFOOT; HEALTH SURVEY; HERB; LEGUME; ONION; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; HINDU KUSH; KARAKORAM; KOHISTAN; NORTH-WEST FRONTIER; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; SWAT VALLEY;

EID: 33847369928     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J044v12n04_02     Document Type: Article

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