Traditional medicinal plants of cold desert Ladakh-Used in treatment of cold, cough and fever

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-349

  Ballabh, Basant ^a   Chaurasia, O P ^a  

^a Leh Ladakh C o 56APO   (India)

Author keywords

Amchis; Cold; Cough and fever; Herbal practitioner; Leh Ladakh; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ACONITUM; ADULT; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BERBERIS; BIDENS; CENTAUREA; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CORYDALIS; COUGHING; DANDELION; EPHEDRA; FEMALE; FEVER; GALIUM; GENTIAN; GENTIANELLA; GERANIUM; HEALTH CARE; HERACLEUM; HUMAN; INDIA; INULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALVA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELILOTUS; NEPETA; PEDICULARIS; PEGANUM HARMALA; PICRORHIZA KURROA; PLANTAGO; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; POPULATION; POTENTILLA; PRIMULACEAE; RHINORRHEA; RHODIOLA; ROSE; RUBIA; SAUSSUREA; SOLANUM NIGRUM; STACHYS; SWERTIA; TANACETUM; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

COMMON COLD; COUGH; DESERT CLIMATE; ETHNOBOTANY; FEVER; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, TIBETAN TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TABLETS;

INIA GEOFFRENSIS;

EID: 34248524352     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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