Tibetan Medicinal Plants

Medicinal Plants

Medicinal plants

this comparison is not made here but a comparative study of the two drugs would make a most interesting investigation. One is also reminded of Rauwolfia from Ancient India which turned out to have a hypotensive action. The author has written a very interesting and useful book, but it is a pity that the documentation is rather limited. There has of late been a resurgence of interest in "natural"...

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Use of Medicinal Plants in Traditional Tibetan Therapy System in Upper Mustang, Nepal

The paper deals with 93 species of medicinal plants belonging to74 genera spread over 35 families, which are used in traditional Tibetan therapy system by amchis (medical practitioners) in Upper Mustang.

Comparison of the antiinflammatory activities of three medicinal plants known as "meiduoluomi" in Tibetan folk medicine.

Erigeron breviscapus (Vant.) Hand-mazz (EB), Erigeron multiradiatus (Lindl.) Benth (EM), and Aster brachytrichus Franch (AB), confused under the vernacular name "meiduoluomi" by native people and traditional healers, have been used for the treatment of meningitis, polyneuritis, hepatitis, adenolymphitis, and enteronitis in traditional Tibetan medicine. In this study, the antiinflammatory activi...