Volume : 7, Issue : 1, JAN 2021

SURVEY OF ETHNOBOTANICAL LITERATURE FROM TAMILNADU, INDIA, FOR PLANTS USED IN CURING SKIN AILMENTS

JAYAVEL RAJESH, MUJEERA FATHIMA*

Abstract

Ethnomedicine has been practiced since man evolved. It is the knowledge of medicine that was the sole proprietary of the indigenous people. Many of the herbal plants have become the source of wonder drugs that have become the cure for deadly diseases. In the recent times skin diseases have become very common and a proper cure is still wanting in modern medicine. The present study seeks to explore the traditional knowledge in published literature of 15 papers pertaining to tribal communities in Tamilnadu from 2006 to 2016. The survey revealed that the surveyed plants species were 68 and belonged to 37 families and 49 genera. The dominant part used was the leaf and mode of use was topical application.

Keywords

SURVEY, SKIN AILMENTS, ETHNOBOTANY, INDIGENOUS, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE.

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