Abstract
The Ethno-medicinal studies have been carried out for the first time in Charmang, Tehsil Nawagai, district Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. In this project a total of 64 medicinal plants belonging to 39 families and 58 genera and species have been documented, which are being used by the local communities for the treatment of different human sicknesses. Among 64 plant species, 58 medicinal plants species were found as compared with the 12 earlier published articles. This study mainly focused to protect the world’s cultural tradition and to document the importance of medicinal plants present in the research area. A complete data has been established on the general and worldwide uses of the projected study to find out new possible species for further studies. A general field surveys was arranged in the desire area, which was based on semi-structured meetings of 135 local sneaks. To assess the exact herbal knowledge, the data were investigated using quantifiable Ethno medicinal records as RFC (Relative Frequency Citation) and UV (Use Value), separately. The local interviewed peoples used 64 plant species belonging to 58 genera in 39 families, mainly Lamiaceae, Rhamnaceae and Solanaceae. The type of most common diseases (25%) was Respiratory diseases (Asthma, Throat infection, Cough etc.). The present study was emphasized based on ironic herbal knowledge to know the novel findings of medicinal plants in district Bajaur, KP, Pakistan which could be a standard use for upgrading the knowledge in terms of plant phytochemistry, pharmacology and biological activities for the efficiency and safety of medicinal plants.
Highlights
Ethnobotany is old as human civilization on earth [1]
Demographic Characteristics of Informants In the present research, a total 135 informants “Table 1” including indigenous people (91.11%) and Traditional Health Practitioner’s (THPs) is (8.8%) were interviewed divided into five different age groups ranging from 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 55-65 and 65-80 & above years, which includes 12 herbalists and 123 people from local population
Th current investigation reports the important of the medicinal plants used in ethnomedicinal practices at Charmang district Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan
Summary
Most of the peoples use these plants for different purposes like nutrition and medicine since the establishment of these civilizations [2] In these modern years the Ethnobotanical studies have grown motivation at global level to make sure that plants are used for the treatment of different diseases, medicines and natural drugs are discovering day by day for the treatment of diseases [3]. Pakistan as a developing country more than 75% of citizens in different areas still rely on traditional medications as primary health care [8, 9]. In this modern life style, the societies are going for away from the knowledge about the local medicinal plants is going to disappear among younger ones [3]. It is situated at 340 m above the sea level
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