Ethnomedicine from Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh - Babu, M.Hari;V. V. Seetharami Reddi, T.
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The present investigation is an attempt to explore ethnomedicine of the tribals of Visakhapatnam district with the objectives of collection, identification and inventorisation of plant species employed in ethnomedicinal practices and to bring some new ones on to the agenda of medicinal plants and to contribute to the development of modern medicine. The agency track of the district is inhabited by 9 communities. 506 species included in 367 genera and 124 families are recorded. 135 ailments are cured by these plants with 1681 ethnomedicinal practices. 316 species are used singly and the…mehr

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The present investigation is an attempt to explore ethnomedicine of the tribals of Visakhapatnam district with the objectives of collection, identification and inventorisation of plant species employed in ethnomedicinal practices and to bring some new ones on to the agenda of medicinal plants and to contribute to the development of modern medicine. The agency track of the district is inhabited by 9 communities. 506 species included in 367 genera and 124 families are recorded. 135 ailments are cured by these plants with 1681 ethnomedicinal practices. 316 species are used singly and the remaining 190 in combination. Majority of plants can be saved by establishing national parks and nature reserves as protected areas. Critically endangered plants may be adopted by the social forestry to grow them as avenue plants. Ethnomedicinal knowledge endowed with tribals be exploited by the modern medicine. This monograph is useful to the researchers in the fields of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Homoeopathy, Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy.
Autorenporträt
Dr.M.Hari Babu is working as a Reader, Dept of Botany, AMAL College, Anakapalli, for the last 11 years. Prof.T.V.V.Seetharami Reddi, Dept of Botany, Andhra Univ, Waltair, guided 11 Ph.D. and 34 M.Phil. students and published 110 papers and authored 10 books in fields of cytogenetics and ethnobotany.