Ethnomedicinal Plants used for curing various Skin diseases in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Zakir Hussain Khanday,Sumer Singh

doi:10.19071/jp.2017.v9.3172

Abstract

<p>Medicinal plants are used by tribals&amp; local people in shopian (j&amp;k) in the treatment of various skin diseases, like dandruff, rash hairfall, Dermatitis etc. Traditional methods of disease treatment using medicinal plant is predominant among rural &amp; tribal communities of shopian Kashmir. The district shopian has a rich flora of medicinal plants with diverse biological properties. Ethnomedicinal survey with respect to use of local medicinal plants for curing skin problems was carried out during the summer seasons of 2015-2016. Present investigation reveals that 25 Ethnomedicinal plant species belonging to 21 families are being commonly used for skin diseases. An inventory of traditional knowledge about medicinal plants used in skin diseases by local &amp; tribal people as home remedies/ folk medicine has been complied. <strong></strong></p>

Highlights

Traditional herbal practitioners play an important role in the health care in developing countries
The present ethnomedicinal study has been conducted in several localities of Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir
The far-flung areas are inhabited by different ethnic tribes such as Gujjars, Bakerwals, and Paharis which are rich in traditional knowledge (Bhat et al, 2012)

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Traditional herbal practitioners play an important role in the health care in developing countries. Global estimates indicate that over 3/4th of the 5 billion population of the world cannot afford the products of western pharmaceutical industry and they have to depend upon the use of traditional medicines, which are mainly obtained from plants (Sharma, 2010). This fact is well complied by the WHO in a written list of medicinal plants list of over twenty thousand species. The central goal of many of these initiatives is to revalidate and promote some old ways of curing and to make people conscious that frequent access to herbal medicines is dependent on the existence of these plants and the ecosystems in which they survive.Validating the efficacy of remedies and returning the results of studies to the people who use them directly is essential

MATERIAL AND METHODS

14 Lycopus europaeus

20 Saussurea sacra

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION