Medicinal plants and formulations used by the Soren clan of the Santal tribe in Rajshahi District, Bangladesh for treatment of various ailments

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 350-359

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Hasan, Abid ^a   Parvin, Waheda ^a   Moniruzzaman, Md ^a   Khatun, Asha ^a   Khatun, Zubaida ^a   Jahan, Farhana Israt ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Alternative therapy; Asian medicine; CAM; Ethnomedicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; CAM;

ABSCESS; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ACORUS CALAMUS; ADENANTHERA PAVONINA; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; ASTHMA; BANGLADESH; BARK; BENINCASA HISPIDA; BURNING SENSATION; CARDIOMEGALY; CASSIA SOPHERA; CENTRATHERUM ANTHELMINTICUM; CHICKENPOX; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CLERODENDRUM INDICUM; COCCINIA GRANDIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CURCUMA LONGA; CYPERUS SCARIOSUS; DATURA METEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; EPILEPSY; EUPHORBIA NERIIFOLIA; FILARIASIS; FLOWER; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GINGER; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELIOTROPIUM INDICUM; HELMINTHIASIS; HOLARRHENA PUBESCENS; HUMAN; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; LEPROSY; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MANGO; MASTALGIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAIL DISEASE; NYCTANTHES ARBOR TRISTIS; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; OLDENLANDIA CORYMBOSA; PAEDERIA FOETIDA; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PREMNA INTEGRIFOLIA; PUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHIZOME; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; SOLANUM BARBISETUM; STEPHANIA JAPONICA; STREBLUS ASPER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX PAIN; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VANDA TESSELLATA; VITIS TRIFOLIA; WOOD; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTERVIEW; PHYTOTHERAPY; POPULATION GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASIAN MEDICINE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS;

BANGLADESH; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ALTERNATIVE THERAPY; ASIAN MEDICINE; CAM; ETHNOMEDICINE;

EID: 84896060292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v9i3.8     Document Type: Article

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