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Towards integration of unconventional medicines in the public health service: Findings from a rapid assessment lesson in the Bhola district of Bangladesh
PP229—Observations on the oxalis perdicaria (molina) bertero in children with the persistent malnutrition diarrhea: Randomized controlled clinical trial
Folk Medicinal Uses Of Verbenaceae Family Plants In Bangladesh
Folk medicinal practitioners form the first tier of primary health-care
providers to most of the rural population of Bangladesh. They are known
locally as Kavirajes and rely almost solely on oral or topical
administration of whole plants or plant parts for treatment of various
ailments. Also about 2% of the total population of Bangladesh are
scattered among more than twenty tribes residing within the
country’s borders. The various tribes have their own tribal
practitioners, who use medicinal plants for treatment of diseases. The
objective of the present survey was to conduct an ethnomedicinal survey
among the Kavirajes and tribal practitioners to determine which species
of plants belonging to the Verbenaceae family are used by the
practitioners. The Verbenaceae family plants are well known for
constituents having important bio-active properties. The present survey
indicated that 13 species belonging to 8 genera are used by the folk
and tribal medicinal practitioners of Bangladesh. A comparison of their
folk medicinal uses along with published reports in the scientific
literature suggests that the Verbenaceae family plants used in
Bangladesh can potentially be important sources of lead compounds or
novel drugs for treatment of difficult to cure debilitating diseases
like malaria and rheumatoid arthritis