Studies on Medicinal Plant-lore and Orientalism of Jaunsari Tribe
Journal Title: International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
The credibility of community-based medicinal plant-lore is becoming more important for the sustainable utilization and conservation and also towards discovery of new drugs based on folk claims. The present paper deals about the documentation of oriental medicinal attributes of diverse herbs used by the Jaunsari tribes for the treatment of various disorders. Medicinal plants and data of their folk claims was recorded involving interviews, semi-structured meetings, group discussions and reviews of various research literatures published. The Folk-medicine particularly as Ethno-medicinal plants used by Jaunsari tribe in Jaunsar-Bhawar region has great medicinal plant-lore. The scientific name of the plants along with their vernacular names, medicinal uses, parts used, by the tribal people in the study area, is presented. The study revealed that Jaunsari tribal people utilizes an account of about 170 plant species belonging to 72 families for curing different ailments like fever, asthma, chest pain, stomachache, diabetes, disorders of nervous system, tuberculosis, joints pain, paralysis, cut, sore etc.. However, there are insufficient research data on the evaluation and validation of folk medicinal wisdom of various tribe groups including Jaunsaries, particularly on the parameters of Ayurveda and Modern Science.
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Avnish K. Upadhyay, Kaushal Kumar
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