Traditional uses of medicinal plants among the rural communities of Churu district in the Thar Desert, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-399

  Parveen, ^a   Upadhyay, B ^a   Roy, Shikha ^a   Kumar, Ashwani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Churu; Ethanobotanical survey; Thar Desert; Tradational uses

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHRUS ASPERA EXTRACT; AERVA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS EXTRACT; ARISTOLOCHIA BRACTEOLATA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA SCOPARIA EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CAPPARIS DECIDUA EXTRACT; CARISSA CONGESTA EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM EXTRACT; CITULLUS COLOCYNTHIS EXTRACT; CLEOME GYNANDRA EXTRACT; CUCUMIS MELO EXTRACT; CUCUMIS SATIVUS EXTRACT; CURCULIGO ORCHIODIS EXTRACT; CUSCUTA REFLEXA EXTRACT; ECLIPTA ALBA EXTRACT; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAGENARIA SICERARIA EXTRACT; LEPTADENIA PYROTECHNICA EXTRACT; LUFFA ACUTANGULA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; NERIUM INDICUM EXTRACT; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RAPHANUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; TECOMELLA UNDULATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATERMELON EXTRACT;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN DISEASE; THERAPY EFFECT; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 34548455300     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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