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Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

VOLUME9 / NUMBER1 / JANUARY2010
Special Issue on Ethnomedicine
CONTENTS
Ethnomedical practices of rural and tribal populations of India with special reference to the mother and childcare / 9
P Pushpangadan & V George
High altitude botanicals in integrative medicine-Case studies from Northwest Himalaya / 18
MK Kaul
Traditional knowledge of Nyishi (Daffla) tribe of Arunachal Pradesh / 26
RC Srivastava & Nyishi Community
Culture and ethnobotany of Jaintia tribal community of Meghalaya,Northeast India - A mini review / 38
Vidhan Jaiswal
Traditional knowledge of Lotha-Naga tribes in Wokha district, Nagaland / 45
NS Jamir, Takatemjen & Limasemba
Use of medicinal plants in animal healthcare- a case study from Gohpur, Assam / 49
Bipul Saikia & SK Borthakur
Medico-ethnobotany of Bodo tribals in Gohpur of Sonitpur district, Assam / 52
Bipul Saikia, SK Borthakur & N Saikia
Folk medicine of NR Pura taluk in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka / 55
HM Prakasha, M Krishnappa, YL Krishnamurthy & SV Poornima
Ethnobotanical studies of Dehang–Debang Biosphere Reserve of Arunachal Pradesh with special reference to Memba tribe / 61
P Rethy, B Singh, R Kagyung & PR Gajurel
Ethnomedicinal plant resources of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa / 68
SD Rout & SK Panda
Ethnogynecological uses of plants prevalent among the tribes of Periyar Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats / 73
Jomy Augustine, Sreejesh KR & Bijeshmon PP
Inherited folk pharmaceutical knowledge of tribal people in the Chittagong Hill tracts, Bangladesh / 77
Animesh Biswas, MA Bari, Mohashweta Roy & SK Bhadra
Hundred common forest medicinal plants of Karnataka in primary healthcare / 90
Shiddamallayya N, Azra Yasmeen & K Gopakumar
Medico-botanical survey of Kumar parvatha Kukke Subramanya, Mangalore, Karnataka / 96
Shiddamallayya N, Azra Yasmeen & Gopakumar K
Ethnobotanical survey of the plants used in the treatment of diabetes / 100
G Jayakumar, MD Ajithabai, S Sreedevi, PK Viswanathan & B Remeshkumar
Folklore claims on some medicinal plants used by Bheel tribe of Guna district Madhya Pradesh / 105
Ashok K Jain Mohan G Vairale & Rajdeo Singh
Ethnobotanical investigations among the Lushai tribes in North Cachar Hills district of Assam, Northeast India / 108
AlbAlbert L Sajem & Kuldip Gosai
Medicinal plants used by Kokani tribals of Nasik district Maharashtra to cure cuts and wounds / 114
Sachin D Kuvar & UC Bapat
Ethno-medico-biological studies of South India / 116
AK Dixit, K Kadavul, S Rajalakshmi & MS Shekhawat
Indigenous Knowledge of Traditional Medical practitioners in the treatment of sickle cell anemia / 119
Wole Michael Olatokun
Herbal folk medicines used for urinary complaints in tribal pockets of Northeast Gujarat / 126
Bhasker L Punjani
Indigenous medicines of Raji tribes of Uttarakhand / 131
Keya Pandey & Suresh Pandey
Ethnobotanical formulations for the treatment of jaundice by the Mech tribe in Duars of West Bengal / 134
Ajita Sarkar & AP Das
Ethno-ophiology- A traditional knowledge among tribes and non-tribes of Bastar, Chhattisgarh / 137
Tankesh Joshi & Muktesh Joshi
Indigenous medicinal practices of Bhotia tribal community in IndianCentral Himalaya / 140
Prasanna K Samal, Pitamber P Dhyani, & Mihin Dollo
Utilization of wetland resources by the rural people of Nagaon district, Assam / 145
SK Sarma & Monjit Saikia
Use of medicinal plants among tribes in Satpuda region of Dhule and Jalgaon districts of Maharashtra: An ethnobotanical survey / 152
DL Jain, AM Baheti,SR Jain & KR Khandelwal
Ethno-medico-botanical knowledge of rural folk in Bhadravathi taluk of Shimoga district, Karnataka / 158
MB Shivanna & N Rajakumar
Ethnomedicines of Sonapur, Kamrup District, Assam / 163
Rupanjali Sharma & HK Sharma
Ethnomedical study among Savaras of Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh / 166
VLN Rao, BR Busi, Ch Seshagiri Rao, K Bharathi & M Venkiah
Some ethnomedicinal plants of Southern Rajasthan / 169
KL Meena & BL Yadav
Traditional treatment of leucoderma by Kol tribes of Vindhyan region of Uttar Pradesh / 173
Usha Singh & Satya Narain
Herbal medicines used to cure various ailments by the inhabitants of Abbottabad district, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan / 175
Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed & Muhammad Zafar
Medicinal plants used by ethnic people of Medak district, Andhra Pradesh / 184
KN Reddy, G Trimurthulu & Ch Sudhakar Reddy
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants of Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh / 191
Achuta Nand Shukla, Sharad Srivastava & AKS Rawat
A study on traditional mother care plants of rural communities of South Kerala / 203
NP Rajith, M Navas, A Muhammad Thaha, MJ Manju, N Anish, S Rajasekharan &
V George
Medicinal plants viz a viz indigenous knowledge among the tribals of Pachamalai Hills / 209
Geetha Rani, M
Book Review / 216
Author Index / 217
Subject Index / 217
Guidelines to Authors / 219
Conferences/Seminars / 222

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