Medico-religious plants used by the Hajong community of Assam, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 787-800

  Sharma, U K ^a   Pegu, Shyamanta ^a   Hazarika, Diganta ^a   Das, Arpana ^b  

^a Dhemaji College   (India)

^b Silapathar Science College   (India)

Author keywords

Assam; Conservation; Ethno medico religious; Hajong; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BOMBAX CEIBA EXTRACT; CANNABIS; CITRUS GRANDIS EXTRACT; CYNODON DACTYLON EXTRACT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA EXTRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAXATIVE; MIMOSA PUDICA EXTRACT; ORYZA SATIVA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URINARY TRACT AGENT; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ACNE; ACORUS CALAMUS; ADULT; AEGLE MARMELOS; AGED; ALOE VERA; ANEMIA; APOCYNACEAE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; ASTERACEAE; ASTHMA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BAMBUSA TULDA; BARK; BETEL NUT; BIODIVERSITY; BLEEDING; BOMBAX CEIBA; BRONCHITIS; BURN; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CAPPARACEAE; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CHOLERA; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS; COUGHING; CRATAEVA NURVALA; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURCUMA LONGA; CYNODON DACTYLON; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; DATURA METEL; DIARRHEA; DOG BITE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSENTERY; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; FICUS BENGALENSIS; FICUS RELIGIOSA; FLATULENCE; FLOWER; GARLIC; GONORRHEA; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM; GUAVA; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INDIGESTION; LEUCAS PLUKENETII; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MALVACEAE; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIMOSA PUDICA; MORACEAE; MUSA ACUMINATE; MUSA BALBISIANA; MUSACEAE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NONHUMAN; NUT; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; PINEAPPLE; PIPER BETLE; PLANT BULB; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; POACEAE; PUMMELO; RELIGION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RICE; SCAR; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; SNAKEBITE; SPRAIN; STOMACH PAIN; TOOTH DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84866730380     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.06.053     Document Type: Article

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