Authors : K. G. Dube
Page Nos : 64-68
Description :
Abstract:
The villagers use various medicinal plants against various diseases of human-beings. The author has made extensive survey of villagers from Wardha district (Maharashtra) for the identification and uses of medicinal plants. The present investigator has collected the information related to ethno-medicinal aspects of plants including their scientific and local names, habitats, habits and medicinal parts used as remedies for jaundice and other human diseases. It has been observed that about 23 plants belonging to 20 families are used by villagers as a remedy against jaundice as well as other human diseases. These include 13 herbs, 1 shrub, 5 trees, 2 climbers and 2 twinners. The present paper deals with the ethno-medicinal aspects of these plants.
Keywords: Jaundice. Human diseases, Medicinal plants, Medicinal uses.
