Medicinal plants used by the tribes of Vythiri Taluk, Wayanad district (Kerala state) for the treatment of human and domestic animal ailments

Devi Prasad, A. G. and Shyma, T. B. (2013) Medicinal plants used by the tribes of Vythiri Taluk, Wayanad district (Kerala state) for the treatment of human and domestic animal ailments. Journal of Medicinal Plant Research, 7 (20). pp. 1439-1451. ISSN 1996-0875

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Abstract

The present paper aimed to document traditional herbal drugs in the treatment of human and veterinary ailments by the tribal communities residing in Vythiri taluk of Wayanad district, Kerala in India. An ethno-medico-botanical survey was carried out in 6 randomly selected panchayaths of Vythiri taluk of Wayanad district, Kerala investigating the tribal healing systems and herbal treatments used for various ailments. Semi structured questionnaires were used for data collection. A total of 67 medicinal preparations involving 67 species belonging to 44 families, used by the Kurichia, Kuruma, Adiyan, Kattunaika and Paniya tribes to treat 33 human and 7 veterinary ailments were documented. Among these, the use of dried powdered corm of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius and the leaf powder of Memecylon umbellatum as an antidiabetic drug and the whole plant of Hydrocotyle javanica for the treatment of fits and asthma are noteworthy. The plants used for the same disease is distinct from one tribe to another of the same locality. The documentation of this information will be vital in future for sustainable utilization and conservation.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ethno Botany and Kerala and Traditional Healers and Tribes and Wayanad.
Subjects: B Life Science > Environmental Science
Divisions: Department of > Environmental Science
Depositing User: Arshiya Kousar Library Assistant
Date Deposited: 09 Jan 2020 09:55
Last Modified: 09 Jan 2020 09:55
URI: http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/10640

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