Public Health

Most of the plant species used by tibals are included in the modern form of pharmacopoeia: Herbal medicine and health

Traditional medicines are used in all civilizations and cultures in health care systems worldwide. Since the beginning of civilization, people have used plants as medicine. Ethnobotany is the study of use of indigenous plants by particular culture and regi ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 20 2009 - 8:49pm

The intimate relationship between the human and plant world has evolved over generations of experience an practices.

The intimate relationship between the human and plant world has evolved over generations of experience an practices. The tribal people and ethnic races throughout the world have developed their own culture, customs, cults, religious rites, taboos, totems, ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 21 2009 - 9:25pm

Rajasthan: Hadoti Plateau Ethnobotanical studies in Rajasthan

Rajasthan: Hadoti Plateau Ethnobotanical studies in Rajasthan were conducted by Singh and Pandey (1980), Joshi (1982, 1995), Katewa and Arora (1997), Singh and Pandey (1998) and Sharma and Dadhich (2002). Plants: 1. Acacia nilotica (L). Willd. (Mimosaceae) ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 22 2009 - 6:59am

Natural drugs obtained from plants and animals are called drugs of biological origin and are produced in the living cells of plants or animals.

Natural drugs obtained from plants and animals are called drugs of biological origin and are produced in the living cells of plants or animals. Pharmacognosy is the study of crude drugs obtained from plants, animals and mineral kingdom. Even though the sci ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 22 2009 - 7:07pm

Sida cordifolia Linn. Considered useful in sexual debility and spermatorrhoea. Used in drugs for sexual strength.

Scientific Name Sida cordifolia Linn. Family Malvaceae Used Part Seeds Distribution Area Common Uses.Considered useful in sexual debility and spermatorrhoea. Used in drugs for sexual strength. Roots, leaves and seeds are slightly bitter in taste and are us ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 22 2009 - 9:40pm

Ayurvedic and Yunani treatises have references to trees and flowers having medicinal value

Recently, checklists of Ayurvedic and Yunani treatises have been published (Anonymous, 1963 and Tripathi et al., 1978). A list of some of the important Indian treatises is presented in Table 1. References to the trees and flowers are found profusely in fol ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 23 2009 - 12:48am

Wild medicinal plants in Indian Folk Life-A Historical Perspective

Wild medicinal plants in Indian Folk Life-A Historical Perspective Plants of over 3500 wild species are used to cure ailments in man and his domesticated animals: Plants in folk medicine of the Himalaya The Himalayan ranges are inhabited by a large tribal ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 23 2009 - 1:01am

The tribal people and ethnic races throughout the world have developed their own culture, customs, cults, religious rites, taboos, totems, legends and myths, folk-fores and song, foods, medicinal practices, etc.

The intimate relationship between the human and plant world has evolved over generations of experience and practices. The tribal people and ethnic races throughout the world have developed their own culture, customs, cults, religious rites, taboos, totems ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 23 2009 - 6:27pm

These plants may serve as source of some important medicine against some major diseases. Therefore, these tribal and rural claims should be further validated scientifically.