18 research outputs found
Ethnoveterinary Uses Of Medicinal Plants Among Traditional Herbal Healers In Alaknanda Catchment Of Uttarakhand, India
The people of far-flung rural areas still depend to a large extent upon
plants and household remedies for curing veterinary ailments. The folk
knowledge of ethnoveterinary medicine and its significance has been
identified by the traditional communities through a process of
experience over hundreds of years. The paper deals with 34 ailments
commonly found in nine different categories of livestock/animals (i e.
buffalo, cow, oxen, sheep, goat, horse, mule, dog and cat) and their
treatment with 73 medicinal plant species belonging to 70 genera and 45
families that occur in forests as well as close vicinity of the rural
settlements. Out of the total population, majority of the people (more
than 80%) was found dependent on traditional (herbal) system of
treatments practiced by local herbal healers (Pashu Vaidyas), while
rest of the people preferred modern (allopathic) system of treatments
for curing veterinary ailments. In this study we observed that old aged
people have more knowledge and experience particularly in remote areas
for curing veterinary ailments. The traditional system of treatment is
one of the most important prevailing systems in the area where modern
veterinary health care facilities are rare or in very poor conditions
Ethnobotanical Uses of Plants among the Bhotiya Tribal Communities of Niti Valley in Central Himalaya, India
researchA study of the medicinal plants and knowledge of diseases was conducted in Bhotiya tribal communities in the Niti valley of Alaknanda catchment in Central Himalaya. Indigenous knowledge of local traditional healers about plants used for medicinal purposes was collected through questionnaire and interviews. Eighty-six plant species were identified as being used for treatment of 37 common ailments. The methods and application of uses of these plants varies and was based on the nature of disease