Phytotherapy and traditional knowledge of tribal communities of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa, India

Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 101-113

  Panda, S K ^a   Rout, S D ^a   Mishra, N ^b   Panda, T ^c  

^a Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University   (India)

^b Chandbali College   (India)

^c SN College   (India)

Author keywords

Mayurbhanj; Orissa; Phytotherapy; Traditional knowledge; Tribals

Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIGOUT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LATEX; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABRUS; ACORUS CALAMUS; ADULT; ANGIOSPERM; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CHOLERA; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; DYSPEPSIA; ECZEMA; EDEMA; EUPHORBIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FISTULA; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT INJURY; FRACTURE; FURUNCULOSIS; GASTRITIS; GOUT; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYSTERIA; INDIA; INDIGESTION; INTESTINE INJURY; JAUNDICE; LEGUME; LEPROSY; LEUKORRHEA; MALARIA; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MYALGIA; OTALGIA; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RUTACEAE; SCABIES; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; STOMACH PAIN; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; ULCER; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VOMITING; WOUND; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 80052742152     PISSN: 21412502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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