ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The study focuses on medicinal plant knowledge among the Bai in the Shaxi Valley, Northwest Yunnan, where no ethnobotanical study has been conducted so far. In an area of high biodiversity, distinct medicinal plant knowledge is documented and the influence of herbals on local knowledge is revealed. AIM OF THE STUDY To analyse current medicinal plant knowledge am...

Tajikistan is a small country located in Central Asia. The mostly mountainous terrain with a continental, subtropical, and semiarid climate, is characterized by diverse flora. Many people in Tajikistan rely on medicinal plants as their traditional form of medicine to prevent and cure health disorders. Aromatic medicinal plants, in particular, have played an important role for the local people. ...

Introduction: Ethnobotany involves an interdisciplinary approach encompassing the fields of botany, chemistry, pharmacology and anthropology. The usage of traditional and complementary medicine is on the increase in many developed and developing countries. Objective: The study was done to identify major medicinal plants, and also to document the traditional medicinal plants and their medicinal ...

This study was carried out to investigate the indigenous use and pharmacological activity of traditional medicinal plants of Mount Taibai, China. Pharmacological data were collected by conducting informal interviews with local experienced doctors practicing traditional Chinese medicine and via open-ended questionnaires on villagers. We conclude that the residents of Mt. Taibai possess rich phar...

BACKGROUND Community-based approaches to conservation of natural resources, in particular medicinal plants, have attracted attention of governments, non governmental organizations and international funding agencies. This paper highlights the community-based approaches used by an Indian NGO, the Rural Communes Medicinal Plant Conservation Centre (RCMPCC). The RCMPCC recognized and legitimized th...

CONTEXT Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a functional gastro-intestinal disorder with high prevalence. Among various treatment options, treatment by complementary and alternative medicines especially herbal remedies also practiced. Traditional Iranian medicine (TIM), a valuable resource of valid applied studies of ancient Iranian scholars, recommends numerous medicinal plants to treat dyspepsia sym...

The medicinal plants used in Indian system of medicine and its distribution in Jammu and Kashmir has been categorized systematically here. The paper deals with 246 medicinal plants and has to off-set an index which is not there so far.Out of 246 medicinal plants 12 plants are considered to be controversial. Substitutes, Adulterants of these plants which are being used in various parts of India ...

Mustard is a condiment that has been used for culinary, religious and cultural purposes by humanity since time immemorial. Mustard has figured prominently in the Indian tradition and its medicinal properties have been systematically evaluated and documented in the classical Ayurvedic texts. The paper attempts to carefully review the ancient and contemporary uses of mustard as food and medicine ...

Plants have always been a basis for the traditional medicine systems and they have provided continuous remedies to the mankind for thousands of years. Knowledge of the medicinal plants for the preparation of various drugs has been of great significance [1]. Medicinal plants are considered as a rich source of wide variety of ingredients which can be used for the development of drug. Cancer is a ...

Medicinal herbs as potential source of therapeutic aids have attained a significant role in health system all over the world for both humans and animals. Ayurveda and other Indian literature mention the use of plants in treatment of various human diseases. India has about 45000 plant species and among them, several thousands have been claimed to possess medicinal properties. The present paper a...