Ethnomedicine and Human Welfare, Vol. II/edited by Irfan Ali Khan and
Atiya Khanum. Hyderabad, Ukaaz Pub., 2005, vii, 310 p., $47 (Vol. II). ISBN
81-88279-17-X.
Ethnomedicine and Human Welfare, Vol. II/edited by Irfan Ali Khan and
Atiya Khanum. Hyderabad, Ukaaz Pub., 2005, vii, 310 p., $47 (Vol. II). ISBN
81-88279-17-X.
Contents: Preface. 1. Ethnomedicine and human welfare/B.V.A. Rama Rao Naidu and T.V.V. Seetharami Reddi. 2. Ethnomedicine and human welfare/Farhath Khanum. 3. Ethnomedicinal wealth: historical perspective, resources an strategies/J.C. Dagar and H.S. Dagar. 4. Ethnomedicobotany and human welfare: a graphic review and future directions/Gopal Dixit. 5. Ethnomedicinal description of some important medicinal plants of Hoshangabad district of M.P./Kirti Jain and Shashi Rai. 6. Medicinal flora and traditional health care in North-Western Kashmir Himalayan Valley/Farooq A. Lone. 7. Native phytotherapy for urino-genital afflictions in Maharashtra/D.A. Patil. 8. Medicinal plants used for the prevention and cure of viral diseases/A. Subramoniam, B.S. Shylesh and S. Ajikumaran Nair.
"From time immemorial, diseases have been a part of human life and they sometimes have threatened the existence of human race on the face of the earth. Consequently, man has invented a host of devices through a trial and error method to control the vagaries of various diseases. It is realised that the traditional knowledge base system is gradually sparkling as a source of knowledge base for scientific endeavour to study and to make sustainable use of biodiversity which have an immense importance for biological science at present. Early men lived in harmony with their surrounding environment. This entailed the use of herbal medicine as healthcare and as medicinal treatment of various diseases. It is well known fact that rural areas, particularly the areas inhabited by the tribal people and socio-economically backward communities are the major source of traditional knowledge about the uses of various plants. A large number of plant species are used in ethnomedicine for different diseases."
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