An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in sacred groves of Kumaon Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 98-108

  Singh, Harsh ^a   Husain, Tariq ^a   Agnihotri, Priyanka ^a   Pande, P C ^b   Khatoon, Sayyada ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ethnobotany; Kumaon Himalaya; Sacred grove; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACANTHACEAE; ACERACEAE; APIACEAE; ARACEAE; ARALIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASPARAGACEAE; ASTERACEAE; ASTHMA; BARK; BERBERIDACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; CATARACT; CHOLERA; COLIC; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; CONVOLVULACEAE; COUGHING; CUCURBITACEAE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG USE; DYSENTERY; EAR DISEASE; ERICACEAE; EYE DISEASE; FABACEAE; FAGACEAE; FEVER; FRUIT; GERANIACEAE; HERBAL MEDICINE; INDIA; INDIGESTION; JAUNDICE; JUGLANDACEAE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAMIACEAE; LAURACEAE; LEUKODERMA; LINACEAE; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELANTHIACEAE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MORACEAE; MYRICACEAE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; ORAL BLISTER; ORCHIDACEAE; OTALGIA; OXALIDACEAE; PAIN; PINACEAE; PIPERACEAE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; POACEAE; POLYGONACEAE; PRIMULACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; RHIZOME; ROSACEAE; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; SAXIFRAGACEAE; SCABIES; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SCURVY; SEASON; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SMILACACEAE; SNAKEBITE; SOLANACEAE; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SWELLING; TAXACEAE; THROAT DISEASE; TONSIL DISEASE; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ULCER; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VIOLACEAE; VOMITING; WOUND; ZINGIBERACEAE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSPERM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FERN; GYMNOSPERM; HUMAN; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSPERMS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; GYMNOSPERMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; LICHENS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PTERIDOPHYTA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84900318083     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.03.026     Document Type: Article

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