Quantitative ethnobotany of traditional Siddha medical practitioners from Radhapuram taluk of Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 540-547

  Chellappandian, M ^a   Mutheeswaran, S ^a   Pandikumar, P ^a   Duraipandiyan, V ^b   Ignacimuthu, S ^a  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

India; Siddha medical practitioners; Tamil Nadu; Tirunelveli

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABUTILON INDICUM; ADULT; AERVA LANATA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG FORMULATION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYBANTHUS ENNEASPERMUS; INDIA; INDIGOFERA ASPHALATHOIDES; JAUNDICE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLLUGO NUDICAULIS; MUKIA MADARASEPATANA; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ABUTILON INDICUM; AERVA LANATA; HYBANTHUS ENNEASPERMUS; INDIGOFERA; MOLLUGO NUDICAULIS;

EID: 84866036794     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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