Some Less Known Herbal Remedies Against Cut and Wounds from Ahmednagar Areas in Maharashtra, India
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Abstract:
An extensive field surveys were arranged in Ahmednagar tahasil areas to document ethno-medicinal uses of the native ethno-flora against cut and wounds. The information is collected during the period from pre-monsoon of 2009 to the post-monsoon of 2011, from the local inhabitants through verbal interviews via informal ways. The paper focuses on the ethno-medicinal uses of 35 genera belonging to 24 families used cut and wounds formed due to specific means among the local inhabitants in their routine life.
Keywords: Herbal remedy, Ahmednagar tahasil, Traditional knowledge.About this article
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