DOCUMENTATION, AWARENESS AND USAGE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MEDICINAL PLANTS
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2002
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University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad
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"The present study on documentation, awareness and usage of indigenous
knowledge about medicinal plants was carried out for six common ailments namely,
cold, cough, fever, diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach ache the study was conducted in
Haveri district of Kamataka State. Data for documentation was collected by the focus
group discussion method in 14 villages. The documented remedies revealed the use of a
number of plant material like tulsi, ginger, coriander, cassia auriculata, sweet flag, betel
leaf for cold: marking nut, bitter gourd, eucalyptus, white onion with omium, turmeric
with honey, adhatoda with honey etc. for cough; centratherom with jaggary, adhatoda,
clove, coriander and pepper, Indian birthwrot with milk bush, heart leaves, neem
leaves, centratherum with bael and coriander and lemon grass with milk & sugar etc. to
control fever: chakrani beru, pomegranate, banana, roasted bengal gram, black tea with
lemon, liquorice and menthol for diarrhoea. Dill seeds and coriander seeds for
vomitting, bezoamut, tanner's cassia, yakki leaves, nutmeg, aloe, baniyan leaves etc to
control stomach ache. The method of preparation, form of medicine and dosage were
also noted. Documented remedies were listed and further data was collected from 210
randomly selected rural women (from seven villages) were not participants in the Focus
Group Discussion to know their awareness and pattern of usage. The fmdings of the
present study revealed that most documented remedies find support from reportings of
eminent ayurvedic practitioners and plant scientists. The data on awareness and usage
shows that awareness was generally higher than the actual usage. The use of remedies
where ingredients were available in the kitchen was more when compared to those
purchased from the market."
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