Ethnomedicinal plants and their utilization by villagers in Kumaragiri Hills of Salem district of Tamilnadu, India

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 222-227

  Alagesaboopathi, C ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicinal plants; Kumaragiri Hills; Salem; Traditional practice

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABUTILON INDICUM; ACHYRANTHES; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ANDROGRAPHIS; ANDROGRAPHIS ECHIOIDES; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANGIOSPERM; ARGEMONE; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BUTEA; BUTEA FRONDOSA; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CHLORIS BARBATA; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; COCCINIA INDICA; COTYLEDON; CYANODON DACTYLON; DIARRHEA; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYSPEPSIA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ANTIQUORUM; FICUS; FICUS GLOMERATA; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; GONORRHEA; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HERBAL MEDICINE; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; JAUNDICE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIA AZEDARACH; OCIMUM SANCTUM; PAPAYA; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SANTALACEAE; SANTALUM ALBUM; SIDA ACUTA; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERNONIA; VERNONIA CINEREA; VETIVERIA;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 69249218046     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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