An ethnobotanical survey of indigenous medicinal plants in Wana district south Waziristan agency, Pakistan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 918-924

  Ullah, Manzoor ^a   Khan, Muhammad Usman ^b   Mahmood, Adeel ^b   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^b   Hussain, Majid ^b   Wazir, Sultan Mehmood ^a   Daud, Muhammad ^a   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^b  

^a University of Science and Technology   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ailments; Ethno medicines; Medicinal plants; Wana; Waziristan

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DIURETIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADIANTUM CAPILLUS VENERIS; ALHAGI MAURORUM; ARISAEMA JACQUEMONTII; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTRAGALUS CRETICUS; ASTRAGALUS GRAHAMIANUS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; BARK; BERBERIS LYCIUM; BUDDLEJA CRISPA; CARALLUMA TUBERCULATA; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHICORY; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DANDELION; DAPHNE MUCRONATA; DATURA METEL; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DUCHESNEA INDICA; ETHNOBOTANY; FLOWER; FRUIT; GERANIUM WALLICHIANUM; HEART DISEASE; HEPATITIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIBISCUS TRIONUM; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LACTUCA SERRIOLA; LEPIDIUM DRABA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MONOTHECA BUXIFOLIA; MORUS ALBA; MORUS NIGRA; NONHUMAN; OLEA FERRUGINEA; OXALIS CORYMBOSA; PAKISTAN; PAPVER NUDICAULE; PEGANUM HARMALA; PLANT BULB; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POD; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANUNCULUS MURICATUS; RED CLOVER; RHIZOME; ROSA WEBBIANA; SALIX ACMOPHYLLA; SALVIA MOOCROFTIANA; SALVIA NUBICOLA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHALLOT; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SOPHORA MOLLIS; STOMACH DISEASE; THYMUS LINEARIS; URTICA DIOICA; VERBASCUM THAPSUS; WATERCRESS; WITHANIA COAGULANS; XANTHIUM; XANTHIUM SPINOSUM; ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA;

XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM;

AILMENTS; ETHNO-MEDICINES; MEDICINAL PLANTS; WANA; WAZIRISTAN;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84889102506     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.09.032     Document Type: Article

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