Authors : Matte R . S
Page Nos : 111-114
Description :
The Vidharbha have a great wealth of medicinal plants and traditional medicinal knowledge.
Medicinal plants have played an important role of primary health care syst
em among the local people of
Vidharbha
region. The present paper is a study of the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and its
use by local people of Vidharbha Region. Due to its unique geographical location and different climatic
condition, it has
rich biodiversity and variety of plant species. Medicinal plants are the principal health
care resources among the most of people in India. Local people of this region are basically depends upon
medicinal plants for their primary health care system. Thei
r primary cure of diseases is based upon deep
observation of nature and their understanding of traditional knowledge of medical practices. Local people
in this region, especially tribal people and women heavily use these traditionally available medicinal
plants for health and believe that these are easily available, less expensive and have no side effects as
compare to modern medicine. The plants used for medicinal purposes in the primary health traditions
are slowly becoming extinct due to development ac
tivities, population explosion, impact of tourism,
deforestation and many more. The present paper focuses about the indigenous knowledge of different
medicinal plants used in the Vidharbha region. Ethnomedicinal uses of 111 medicinal plant species
along
with botanical name, part used and mode of treatment are given in this paper.
