Indigenous knowledge and folk use of medicinal plants by the tribal communities of Hazar Nao forest, Malakand district, North Pakistan

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1072-1086

  Murad, Waheed ^a,b   Ahmad, Ashfaq ^c   Gilani, Syed Abdullah ^b   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c ISLAMIA COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hazar Nao; Human ailments; Malakand; Medicinal plant; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADIANTUM CAPILLUS EXTRACT; ADIANTUM INCISUM EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JUSTICIA ADHATODA EXTRACT; MELIA AZEDARACH EXTRACT; OLEA FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; OXALIS CORNICULATA EXTRACT; PINUS ROXBURGHII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; RUBUS FRUITICOSUS EXTRACT; SAGERETIA THEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ABSCESS; ACACIA MODESTA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ADIANTUM CAPILLUS; ADIANTUM INCISUM; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; AJUGA BRACTEOSA; ALLERGY; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; AMMI VISNAGA; ANDRACNE CORDIFOLIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ARUNDO DONAX; ASPARAGUS ADSCENDENS; ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA; BERBERIS LYCIUM; BERMUDA GRASS; BLADDER DISEASE; BLISTER; BRONCHITIS; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; BUXUS WALLICHIANA; CANABIS SATIVA; CELTIS AUSTRALIS; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSOIDES; CHOLERA; COLEBROOKIA OPPOSITIFOLIA; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS; COUGHING; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DAPHNE MUCRONATA; DEBREGEASIA SALICIFOLIA; DERMATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DISLOCATION; DODONAEA VISCOSA; DYSENTERY; DYSPEPSIA; ECHINOPS ECHINATUS; ECZEMA; EPILEPSY; EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA; EUPHORBIA PROSTRATA; FEVER; FICUS BENGHALENSIS; FICUS CARICA; FICUS GLOMERATA; FICUS PALMATA; FICUS RELIGIOSA; FRACTURE; FUMARIA INDICA; FURUNCULOSIS; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVA DISEASE; GOITER; GONORRHEA; HEAT STROKE; HELICTERES ISORA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INTESTINE INJURY; JAUNDICE; JOINT SWELLING; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; KHAJORA; LANTANA CAMARA; LEUKORRHEA; LIVER CONGESTION; MALARIA; MALLOTUS PHILLIPENSIS; MEASLES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORUS ALBA; MUSCLE SPASM; MYALGIA; MYRSINE AFRICANA; MYRTIS COMMUNIS; NANNORRHOPS RITCHIANA; NEOPLASM; NERIUM OLEANDAR; NEW RECORD (SPECIES); OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OREGANO; OTALGIA; OTOSTEGIA LIMBATA; OXALIS CORNICULATA; PAKISTAN; PEDICULOSIS; PERIODONTITIS; PERIPLOCA APHYLLA; PERTUSSIS; PHARYNGITIS; PINUS ROXBURGHII; PISTACIA CHINENSIS; PLATANUS ORIENTALIS; POMEGRANATE; PUS; PYRUS PASHIA; QUERCUS INCANA; RASH; RHAZYA STRICTA; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RUBUS FRUITICOSUS; RUMEX HASTATUS; SAGERETIA THEA; SARCOCOCCA SALIGNA; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SOLANUM SURRATENSE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; SWELLING; SYPHILIS; TETANUS; THORAX PAIN; TINEA; TINOSPOREA CORDIFOLIA; TONSILLITIS; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRICHODESMA INDICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR; ULCER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERBASCUM THAPSUS; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIOLA CANESCENS; VITIS JACQUEMOTII; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA; WOUND; XANTHIUM; ZIZIPHUS NUMULARIA;

EID: 79955558319     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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