Traditional uses of medicinal plants of Nandiar Khuwarr catchment (District Battagram), Pakistan

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-48

  Haq, Faizul ^a   Ahmad, Habib ^b   Alam, Mukhtar ^b  

^a Department of Botany   (Pakistan)

^b HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Himalayas; Medicinal plant; Nandiar Khuwarr

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CEDRELLA SERRATA EXTRACT; CEDRUS DEODARA EXTRACT; CUSCUTA GIGANTEA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABIES; ABIES PINDROW; ACACIA; ACACIA MODESTA; ACHILLEA; ACHYRANTHUS ASPERA; ACORUS CALAMUS; ADIANTUM; ADIANTUM CAPILLUS VENERIS; ADIANTUM INCISUM; ADIANTUM VENUSTUM; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; AESCULUS INDICA; AJUGA; AJUGA BRACTEOSA; ALBEZIA LEBBECK; ALLIUM FILIDENS; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS VIRIDUS; AMENORRHEA; ARISAEMA; ARISAEMA FLAVUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; ASPEN; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BERBERIS; BERBERIS LYCIUM; BERGENIA CILIATA; BERMUDA GRASS; BETULA UTILIS; BIRCH; BRAKE FERN; BURN; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA DECAPITALA; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CALTHA ALBA; CATCHMENT; CEDRELLA SERRATA; CEDRUS; CEDRUS DEODARA; CELTIS AUSTRALIS; CEPHALANTHERA LONGIFOLIA; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHEST INFECTION; CHICORY; CISSAMPELOS; CISSAMPELOS PAREIRA; CLEMATIS; CLEMATIS GRATA; CLEMATIS MONTANA; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; CONVOLVULUS; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS; CORYDALIS; CORYDALIS STEWARTII; COTINUS COGGYRIA; COTONEASTER MICROPHYLLA; COTONEASTER NUMMALARIA; COUGHING; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS SONGARICA; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA GIGANTEA; CYNODON; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSO; DANDELION; DAPHNE; DAPHNE OLOIDES; DAPHNE PAPYRACEA; DATURA; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DEBREGESSIA SALCIFOLIA; DEFORESTATION; DELPHINUM VESTITUM; DESCURAINIA SOPHIA; DESMODIUM ELEGANS; DEUTZIA STAMINEA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIOSCOREA DELTOIDEA; DIOSPYROS LOTUS; DODONAEA VESCOSA; DRUG INDICATION; DRYOPTERIS; DRYOPTERIS JAXTAPOSTIA; DYSENTERY; ECZEMA; ELAEGNUS UMBELLATA; ENTEROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EQUISETUM; EQUISETUM ARVENSE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA INDICA; EUPHORBIA WALLICHII; EXOTIC SPECIES; EYE DISEASE; FENNEL; FICUS; FICUS CARICA; FICUS PALMATA; FICUS RACEMOSA; FRAGARIA NUBICOLA; FUMARIA; FUMARIA INDICA; FURUNCULOSIS; GALLIUM APARINE; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENTIANODES PEDICELLATA; GERANIUM; GERANIUM WALLICHIANUM; GRAZING; GREWIA; GREWIA OPTIVA; GYMNOSPORIA ROYLEANA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEDRA NEPALENSIS; HELIOTROPIUM; HELIOTROPIUM CABULICUM; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPERTENSION; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS BICOLOR; INDIGOFERA; INDIGOFERA HETARENTHA; INFECTION; INULA; INULA ROYLEANA; ISODON; ISODON RUGOSUS; JASMINE; JASMINUM HUMILE; JASMINUM OFFICINALE; JAUNDICE; JUGLANS REGIA; JUJUBE; JUNIPERUS; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS APHACA; LAUNEA PROCUMBENS; MALLOTUS PHILIPPENSIS; MALVA; MALVA NEGLECTA; MARRUBIUM; MARRUBIUM VULGARE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIA AZEDARACH; MENTHA; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MENTHA SPICATA; MICROMERIA BIFLORA; MIRABALIS JALPA; MORCHELLA; MORUS ALBA; MORUS NIGRA; MULBERRY; MYCOSIS; MYRTLE; NARCISSUS; NARCISSUS TAZETTA; NEMATODIASIS; NERIUM; NERIUM INDICUM; OAK; OLEA FERRUGENEA; OLIVE TREE; OREGANO; OTALGIA; OTOSTEGIA LIMBATA; OXALIS CORNICULATA; PAEONIA; PAEONIA EMODI; PAKISTAN; PEAR; PERSICARIA STAGNINA; PERSIMMON; PINE; PINUS ROXBURGHII; PISTACEA INTEGERRIMA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; PLANTAGO MAJOR; PLATANUS ORIENTALIS; PODOPHYLLUM; PODOPHYLLUM EMODI; POISON IVY; POLYGONATUM; POLYGONATUM VERTICELATUM; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM AMPLEXICAULE; POMEGRANATE; POPULUS ALBA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; PRIMULA DENTICULATA; PRIMULACEAE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PADUS; PTERIS CRETICA; PYRUS PASHIA; QUERCUS DILATATA; QUERCUS INCATA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON ARBOREUM; RHUS JAVANICA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; ROSA MOSCHATA; ROSE; RUBUS FRUCTICOSUS; RUBUS ULMIFOLIUS; RUMEX; RUMEX DENTATUS; RUMEX HASTATUS; RUMEX NEPALANSIS; SALIX BABILONICA; SARCOCOCCA SALIGNA; SILENE; SILENE CONOIDEA; SILENE VULGARIS; SILYBUM MARIANUM; SKIMMIA LAUREOLA; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SOLANUM SURRATENSE; SOLENA AMPLEXICAULIS; SORE THROAT; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; STELLARIA; STELLARIA MEDIA; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; STRAWBERRY; SWERTIA; SWERTIA PANICULATA; TAXON; TAXUS; TAXUS WALLICHIANA; THORAX PAIN; THYMUS LINEARIS; TINEA; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ULCER; URBANIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URTICA DIOICA; VALERIANA; VALERIANA JATAMANSI; VEGETATION; VERBASCUM; VERBASCUM THAPSUS; VERBENA OFFICINALIS; VERBENACEAE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIBERNUM COTONIFOLIUM; VIOLA CANESCENS; VIOLACEAE; VITEX; VITEX NEGUNDO; VOMITING; WALNUT; WEAKNESS; WILD SPECIES; WILLOW; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; XANTHIUM; YAM; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM ARMATUM; ZIZYPHUS OXYPHYLLA; ZIZYPHUS VULGARE;

EID: 79551698387     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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