Traditional phytotherapy for inflammatory diseases in Jacobpuram Panchayat of Radhapuram Taluk in Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India
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Traditional phytotherapy for inflammatory diseases in Jacobpuram Panchayat of Radhapuram Taluk in Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract
Traditional medicine based on herbal remedies has always played a key role in the primary health care system of our country. In India the native people are exploiting a variety of herbals for effective curing of various diseases. In this study, we focused on scientific documentation of traditional knowledge on common medicinal plants used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases by local healers in Jacobpuram Panchayat of Radhapuram Taluk in Tirunelveli district. The present study documented totally 62 taxa distributed in 31 families. Of these 62 species, 36 species are herbs, 9 species are shrubs, 11 species are trees and 6 species are climbers. An analysis of floristic denotes that the family Solanaceae is most dominant family which includes 7 species. It is followed by Fabaceae with 6 species. The genus Solanum is the dominant genera which includes 5 species. The plant parts such as leaves, fruits, whole plant, bulb, root, seed, bark, flowers, leaves, bark and root, leaves and flowers were found to be the most frequently used morphological part of the medicinal plants collected from the study area. The findings of the study envisage that the herbal medicine have great potentiality to cure different inflammatory diseases. Hence conservation of medicinal plants is very much essential for our further generation.
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