Original Research Article I Volume 2 I Issue 3 I 2014

AN ETHNOMEDICINAL STUDY OF PLANTS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF VARIOUS SKIN PROBLEMS IN THE SIDHI DISTRICT OF MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA

Prachi Singh; Sanjeev Kumar Maurya; Gaurav Nigam

Biolife; 2014, 2(3), pp 880-884

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7220557

Abstract:

An Ethnobotanical study was made on the medicinal plants frequently used for the administration of skin problems in Sidhi district of Uttar Pradesh by traditional healers. The study revealed 30 species of plants belonging to 27 genera of 26 families. Leaves are the most frequently used plant part of ethnomedicinal species

Keywords:

Ethnobotanical, Skin problems, Sidhi, Traditional healers.

References:

  1. Amestrong, D. & Cohen, J. 1999. Infectious diseases Mosby, Spain. 1(2): 35.1-35.70.
  2. Dam, P.K., Yadav, P., Ramnath,T. & Tyagi, B.K. 1998. Constraints in conservation of medicinal plants in the climatologically changing Thar desert. National Environment Science Academy, VIII Annual Congress Gulberga.
  3. Dwivedi, S.N. & Pandey, A., 1992. Ethnobotanical studies on wild and indigenous species of Vindhya plateau. Herbaceous Flora. J. Econ Tax Bot Addl. 1(10): 143-150.
  4. Dwivedi, S.N., Dwivedi, S. & Patel, P.C. 2006. Medicinal plants used by the tribal and rural people of Satna district, Madhya Pradesh for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and disorders. Natural Product Radiance. 5(1): 60-63.
  5. Jain, S.K. & Goel, A.K. 1995. A manual of ethnobotany. Scientific publishers, Jodhpur, India. 142-153.
  6. Maurya S.K., Nigam G. and Kumar V. 2012. Ethnomedicinal Study of Some Medicinal Plants Used by Rural Communities of district Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. Online International Journal of Biosolution. 2 (4), 2012. 106-109.
  7. Oomanchanl, M., & Shrivastava, J.L. 1996. Flora of Jabalpur. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur.
  8. Pankaj K. Sahu and Sharmistha Gupta.  2014. Medicinal plants of morning glory: convolvulaceae juss. Of central india (Madhya Pradesh and Chhattishgarh) 
    Biolife. 2(2), 463-469.
  9. Varghese, E. 1996. Applied Ethnobotany, A case study among the Khairas of Central India. Deep Publication, New Delhi....

Article Dates:

Received: 10 July 2014; Accepted: 19 August 2014; Published: 8 September 2014

How To Cite:

Prachi Singh, Sanjeev Kumar Maurya, & Gaurav Nigam. (2022). AN ETHNOMEDICINAL STUDY OF PLANTS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF VARIOUS SKIN PROBLEMS IN THE SIDHI DISTRICT OF MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA. Biolife, 2(3), 880–884. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7220557

Download Full Paper: PDF
Submit Manuscript
Join as Reviewer / Editor

Logo


Logo