scholarly journals Medicinal Plants Used for Treatment of Prevalent Diseases in Northern Pakistan of Western Himalayas

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khafsa Malik ◽  
Mushtaq Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Zafar ◽  
Shazia Sultana ◽  
Athar Tariq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Western Himalayas ◽  
Northern Pakistan

scholarly journals AN ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY MIGRATORY SHEPHERDS – A TRIBAL COMMUNITY OF WESTERN HIMALAYAS

2019 ◽  
pp. 137-144
Author(s):  
RADHA ◽  
PURI S ◽  
KUMAR S
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Skin Infection ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Western Himalayas ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Respiratory Problems ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
The Common ◽  
Tribal Areas

Objectives: Migratory shepherds of Kinnaur, Shimla, and Sirmaur districts in Himachal Pradesh of the western Himalayas have rich traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and its uses, in this respect; an ethnobotanical survey was carried out from 2017 to 2018. Methods: The required information on ethnomedicines used by tribal migratory shepherds was collected through personal field visits, interview method and using a pretested questionnaire. Results: It was observed that in all 78 species were used by shepherds en route from high hills to low hills. In high hills 35 species, in mid hills 20 species, and low hills 23 species were found to be used as ethnomedicine source. Conclusion: This study shows that shepherds in tribal areas are highly dependent on ethnobotanical remedies, which evolved over generations of experience and practices, for health care. The common diseases were treated by ethnomedicinal plants such as cough, cold, body pain, Skin infection, wounds, diarrhea, respiratory problems, and sunburn. The collected detailed information on the list of plants and their therapeutic practices among tribal migratory shepherds may be helpful to improve the future pharmaceutical applications.

scholarly journals Herbal remedies used for the management of urolithiasis in Abbottabad, Northern Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 836-847
Author(s):  
Mujtaba Shah Ghulam ◽  
Nasir Shad ◽  
Muhammad Sajid ◽  
Asma ◽  
Abid Naeem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Kidney Diseases ◽  
Herbal Remedies ◽  
Northern Pakistan ◽  
Fidelity Level ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Ethnobotanical Uses ◽  
Aerva Lanata ◽  
Questionnaire Method

The current study was performed to evaluate the ethnobotanical uses of medicinal plants to treat and prevent kidney diseases, especially urolithiasis in the Abbottabad region, Northern Pakistan. Field surveys were conducted from 2014–2016 in various rural and tribally dwelled hilly areas like Ayubia National Park, Sherwan and Thandiani. Ethnobotanical information about the medicinal plants employed to treat urinary ailments was obtained from well-informed sources like local healers (hakims) and residents (men/women), who had vast knowledge of local plants uses. The questionnaire method was adopted to record the information and queries were made to verify the information. Informed consent was obtained from each informant before conducting the interview process. Quantitative ethnobotanical indices were calculated for each recorded species. Correlation analysis between the RFC, UV and FL% was tested by Pearson’s correlation, SPSS (ver. 16). A total of 38 plant species belonging to 27 families were being used in the study area to treat Urolithiasis or kidney stone diseases. Asteraceae was the most dominant family with 5 species. Local people used different methods of preparation for different plant parts; among them, decoction was the popular and dominant way of preparation (52.6%), followed by powder (18.4%), extracts (15.7%), juice (7.8%) and cooked (5.2%). The highest UV was recorded for Rumex acetosa L. (1.14) followed by Agrimonia eupatoria L. (1.1), Equisetum ramosissimum Desf. (1.05), Aerva lanata L. (1.04), Eclipta alba Hassak. (1.03). Moreover, twenty-three species were recoded with above 50% Fidelity level. It was found that most of the plant species (16 species) were explicitly used to remove kidney stones. All the obtained data about the ethnomedicinal uses of plants to treat urinary tract ailments are alphabetically categorized to their botanical name/family, local name, phytoconstituents, dosage and route of administration, along with quantitative indices value. All the collected ethnomedicinal plants require a thorough scientific investigation for isolation, identification, biochemical assays, toxicities and evaluation of pharmacological activities of the phytoconstituents, especially of the plants recorded with a high-fidelity level before their usage in clinics.

Ethnobotanical uses of medicinal plants for respiratory disorders among the inhabitants of Gallies – Abbottabad, Northern Pakistan

2014 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 47-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadaf Kayani ◽  
Mushtaq Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Zafar ◽  
Shazia Sultana ◽  
Muhammad Pukhtoon Zada Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Northern Pakistan ◽  
Respiratory Disorders ◽  
Ethnobotanical Uses
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