The paper deals with 26 species of plants covering 24 genera and 21 families used by the tribes Adilabad district for cooling. Cucurbitaceae is dominant family 3 followed Sapindaceae, Sapotaceae , Arecaceae (2 spp each) others. Trees are 10 herbs (8 spp) Fruits in a maximum 12 practices leaf (6) Ceratophyllum demersum, 15 were found to be new. KEY WORDS: Ethnomedicine, Cooling, district, Andhra...

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE South Africa is an important focal point of botanical diversity, and although many plant species have been used since ancient times in ethnomedicine, only a few species have hitherto been fully investigated scientifically. A large proportion of the South African population use traditional medicines for their physical and psychological health needs. Many medicinal ...

The consideration of folk medicine places us in a hazy domain where meanings are clouded by interests and assumptions which are often at odds with one another. This article on folk medicine in the Iberian Peninsula reveals that while there is no doubt of the vitality of the practice and the relevance of the concept, its content and function depend on the context in which it is used. Folk medici...

BACKGROUND Indigenous knowledge has become recognized worldwide not only because of its intrinsic value but also because it has a potential instrumental value to science and conservation. In Nepal, the indigenous knowledge of useful and medicinal plants has roots in the remote past. METHODS The present study reviews the indigenous knowledge and use of plant resources of the Nepal Himalayas al...

Background The merits of ethnomedicine-led approach to identify and prioritize anticancer medicinal plants have been challenged as cancer is more likely to be poorly understood in traditional medicine practices. Nonetheless, it is also believed that useful data can be generated by combining ethnobotanical findings with available scientific studies. Thus, this study combined an ethnobtanical stu...