3.TRADITIONAL HERBAL MEDICINES USED BY NATIVE PEOPLE OF PILLANALLUR, NAMAKKAL DT.,TAMIL NADU BY S.SHYAMALA AND D.REVATHI
Abstract
Medicinal plants survey was carried out in remote village of Pillanallur, Rasipuram Taluk in
Namakkal District. The village people utilize and observed 31 plant species belonging to 30
genera from 24 families. Medicinally important plants were identified and their uses were
described. Plants were arranged according to their binomial name, vernacular name, family,
disease, plant parts used, mode of preparation. The medicinal plant species were used to cure
heart problem, diarrhea, urinary problem, snake bite, veterinary dysentery. The medicinal
plant parts used young leaves, flower, young fruit, bark, shoot, stem, bulb, were taken to
prepare the leaf juice, decoction, paste, for oral or external application. The plant parts were
used either separately or in combination with other plants. The knowledge of herbal medicine
in carried out from generation to generation prepares medicine, using available herbs.
KEY WORD: Medicinal plants, Traditional medicine and Pillanallur.
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