Ethnomedicinal plants to cure skin diseases-An account of the traditional knowledge in the coastal parts of Central Western Ghats, Karnataka, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 493-502

  Bhat, Pradeep ^a   Hegde, Ganesh R ^a   Hegde, Gurumurthi ^a   Mulgund, Gangadhar S ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicine; Karnataka; Skin diseases; Uttara Kannada; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BASELLA ALBA; CAESALPINIA; CISSUS DISCOLOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DERMATITIS; DRUG FORMULATION; ECZEMA; ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANT; FEMALE; GIRARDINIA DIVERSIFOLIA; HUMAN; HYGROPHILA SCHULLI; INDIA; INTERTRIGO; MALE; MAMMEA SURIGA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; NAREGAMIA ALATA; PONGAMIA PINNATA; PRURITUS; RANDIA DUMETORUM; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN DISEASE; TINEA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BASELLA ALBA; CAESALPINIA; CISSUS DISCOLOR; HYGROPHILA; MAMMEA SURIGA; NAREGAMIA; PONGAMIA PINNATA;

ETHNOMEDICINE; KARNATAKA; SKIN DISEASES; UTTARA KANNADA; WESTERN GHATS;

DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84891482100     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.10.062     Document Type: Article

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