Ethnomedicinal Plants of India
Contents: Preface. 1. Promising ethno-medicinal plants of Jharkhand/Harish Singh. 2. Some ethnomedicinal plants of Rajasthan/K.L. Meena and B.L. Yadav. 3. Important ethnomedicinal plants used by the Nagas and Kukis of Manipur/Neli Lokho Pfoze, Lokho Puni and V.T. Darlong. 4. Folklore medicinal uses of uses of some plants in Golaghat District of Assam/Subhan C. Nath and Tulshi Borah. 5. Medicinal plants among the Bodo Tribe of Assam/Bipul Saikia. 6. Ethnomedicinal plants used by Muslims of Barpeta District of Assam/S. Sarkar and C.M. Sarma. 7. Ethnomedicines used by Deuris Tribe of Kololuwa Adarsha Deuri Gaon of Dibrugarh District, Assam/Dilip Kalita and Rupanjali Sharma. 8. Ethnobotany of some primitive tribal groups (Kheria-Sabar, Lodha and Munda) of Southwest Bengal/Sundipta Kumar Maiti, Tapan Kumar Mishra and M. Mishra. 9. Less known local fruits of North-East India: a digest with emphasis to ethno-medico-botany and chemical constituents/Akhil Baruah. 10. Ethno-botanical observation on the traditional usage of medicinal plants among the tribes of Tripura/Koushik Majumdar and B.K. Dutta. 11. Some plants of Fabaceae Family used in Ethnomedicine in Assam/Maya Devi. 12. Diversity, utilization and conservation of medicinal plants of Chitrakoot Region Madhya Pradesh/R.L.S. Sikarwar and Bharat Pathak. 13. Notable ethnomedicinally important plant species of Chhattisgarh/Amia Tirkey. 14. Medicinal plants of Eastern Uttar Pradesh/Masood Akhtar and Vinay Kumar. 15. Human Resource Development in tribal areas of Maharashtra through potential medicinal plants/D.K. Kulkarni and A.S. Upadhye. 16. Anti-inflammatory plants in Khandesh Region of Maharashtra/D.A. Patil. 17. Studies of Ethnomedicine of the Todas in Nilgiri District in Tamil Nadu/M. Senthilkumar, N. Sami Veerappa and S. Rajan. 18. Certain cryptogamic ethnomedicinal plants from North-East India/M. Islam and F. Hasin. 19. Native plant remedies for snake bite/T.V.V. Seetharami Reddi, M. Hari Babu and J. Suneetha. 20. Native resources used as famine food in Jaipur District, Rajasthan/Manjeet S. Shekhawat, M.K. Sharma and P.C. Trivedi. 21. Medicoethnobotanically important plants of Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan/O.P. Sharma, Aparna Pareek, Neelu Sharma and L.K. Pareek. Index.
"Herbal medicines are in great demand in both developed and the developing countries in primary healthcare because of their great efficacy and little or no side effects. In India, the indigenous system of medicine namely Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani have been in existence for several centuries. These traditional system of medicine together with homoeopathy and folklore medicine continue to play a significant role largely in the health care system of the population. The tribals and rural population of India are highly dependent on medicinal plant therapy for meeting their health care needs. This attracted the attention of several botanist plant scientists of several medicinal plants and there was a spurt of scientific literature.
The present book "Ethnomedicinal Plants of India", contains 21 articles, by eminent scholars of the country on different aspect of the subjects. This book contains articles on ethnomedicinal plants of different states of India including Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal, Tripura, Chhatisgarh, M.P., U.P., Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, North-East India etc. It also covers information on ethnomedicinal plants used by Bodo, Barpeta and Deuris tribes of Assam, Kheria, Sabar, Lodha and Munda Tribal Groups of W. Bengal and Todas Tribes of Tamil Nadu. Articles on native plant remedies for snake bite, cryptogamic ethnomedicinal plants from North-East India and native resources used as famine food provides additional information on the subject. Article on diversity, utilization and conservation of medicinal plants of Chitrakoot Region, M.P. have added to the value of the book. Present book provides excellent glimpses of the rich herbal medicine and traditional knowledge heritage of India.
The present book will serve not only as an excellent reference material but also as a practical guide for herbal healers, Vaidhyas, Hakims, research workers and students in the field of medicinal plants." (jacket)
