Folk remedies of medicinal plants for snake bites, scorpion stings and dog bites in Eastern Ghats of Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu, India

International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 696-700

  Prabu, M ^a   Kumuthakalavalli, R ^a  

^a GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dog bite; Eastern ghats; Folk remedies; Scorpion sting; Snake bite

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABRUS; ABSCESS; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ANISAKIASIS; ANISOMELES MALABARICA; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AZADIRACHITA INDICA; BARK; BLACK PEPPER; BLEPHARIS MADERASPATENSIS; BRONCHITIS; BURN; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CARBUNCLE; CARDIOSPERMUM HELICACABUM; CELLULITIS; CIRCUMA LONGA; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; COMMON COLD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; CURCUMA ANGUSTIFOLIA; CYANTHILLIUM CINEREUM; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; DATURA METEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DODONEA VISCOSA; DOG BITE; DRY SKIN; DYSENTERY; EAR DISEASE; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; ECZEMA; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; EPISTAXIS; ETHNOBOTANY; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; FLOWER; FOOT EDEMA; FRACTURE; FRUIT; FURUNCULOSIS; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; GONORRHEA; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HAND EDEMA; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HEMIDUSMUS INDICUS; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYBANTHUS ENNEASPERMUS; INDIA; INDIGESTION; INFLAMMATION; INSECT STING; JAUNDICE; KALANCHOE PINNATA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEMON; LEPROSY; LEUCAS ASPERA; LEUKORRHEA; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALARIA; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTAL DISEASE; MICHELIA CHAMPAGA; MIMOSA PUDICA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MUMPS; MURRAYA KOEINEGII; MUSA PARADISIACA; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NERIUM OLEANDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOSE DISEASE; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; PARALYSIS; PARASITOSIS; PARESIS; PERGULARIA DAEMIA; PHARYNGITIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLANT TUBER; POMEGRANATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHINACHANTHUS NASUTUS; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SALIVATION DISORDER; SCABIES; SCORPION STING; SENNA ALATA; SENNA TORA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; SOLANUM VIRGINIANUM; SPLEEN DISEASE; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; SYPHILIS; TEPHROSIA PURPUREA; TERMINALIA ARJUNA; TINEA; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAGIA INVOLUCRATA; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; TYPHOID FEVER; ULCER; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URTICARIA; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VELVET BEAN; VITEX TRIFOLIA; VOMITING; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION; WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA;

EID: 84897920677     PISSN: 22774343     EISSN: 22293566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.03523     Document Type: Article

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