3.TRADITIONAL PHYTOTHERAPY IN BHADRAK DISTRICT OF ODISHA_ INDIA NIRLIPTA MISHRA 1 _ TARANISEN PANDA 2 _ RAJ BALLAV MOHANTY 3 _ ANAND KISHOR 4 AND RAM RANDHIR SINGH 5

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  • NIRLIPTA MISHRA, TARANISEN PANDA, RAJ BALLAV MOHANTY, ANAND KISHOR AND RAM

Abstract

Human health care is a major challenge in India constrained by meager economic resources and lack of trained manpower. Traditional medicine practiced from ancient period in rural India could be an alternative and sustainable solution to this challenge. The main objective of the present investigation was to document the phytotherapeutic knowledge and health care management practices in the interior of Bhadrak district, Odisha, India. The field study was carried in from July 2013 to June 2014 using structured questionnaires, complemented by unstructured interviews and informal conversations with local people engaged in traditional health care practices. Therapeutic use of 53 plant species belonging to 33 families was recorded. Different plant parts like leaf, root, bark, flower, seed and whole plant were found used in raw or cooked form against 46 specific diseases. Prominent among them were cardiovascular ailments, diarrhoea, jaundice, skin ailments and rheumatism. The reported species may be tried clinically for their efficacy and can be used for the development of new, cheep, effective, and eco-friendly herbal formulations for human health care management.
KEY WORDS: Folklore, Phytotherapy, Traditional knowledge, Medicinal plants.

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NIRLIPTA MISHRA, TARANISEN PANDA, RAJ BALLAV MOHANTY, ANAND KISHOR AND RAM

TRADITIONAL PHYTOTHERAPY IN BHADRAK DISTRICT OF ODISHA, INDIA
NIRLIPTA MISHRA, TARANISEN PANDA,
RAJ BALLAV MOHANTY, ANAND KISHOR AND
RAM RANDHIR SINGH
1DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, CHANDBALI COLLEGE,
CHANDBALI, BHADRAK- 756133, ODISHA, INDIA
2DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, CHANDBALI COLLEGE,
CHANDBALI, BHADRAK- 756133, ODISHA, INDIA.
3 DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, N.C.AUTONOMOUS
COLLEGE, JAJPUR, ODISHA, INDIA
4 P.G. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, V.K.S.UNIVERSITY,
ARA, BIHAR, INDIA
5 P.G. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, V.K.S. UNIVERSITY,
ARA, BIHAR, INDIA.
Corresponding author’s e-mail: taranisenpanda@yahoo. co.in

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2015-02-01

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RAJ BALLAV MOHANTY, ANAND KISHOR AND RAM, N. M. T. P. (2015). 3.TRADITIONAL PHYTOTHERAPY IN BHADRAK DISTRICT OF ODISHA_ INDIA NIRLIPTA MISHRA 1 _ TARANISEN PANDA 2 _ RAJ BALLAV MOHANTY 3 _ ANAND KISHOR 4 AND RAM RANDHIR SINGH 5. LIFE SCIENCES LEAFLETS, 60, 26 to 40. Retrieved from https://petsd.org/ojs/index.php/lifesciencesleaflets/article/view/784

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Vol. 60 (2015): February, 2015.....ISSN 0976 - 1098(On Line) ISSN 2277 - 4297(Print)

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