During the course of ethnomedicinal investigations in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, 11 interesting indigenous medicinal plants belonging to 9 families have been reported for the treatment of paralysis. Plant part used, vernacular name, English name, method of preparation of the drug and the dose of administration are given.
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Manuscript Published on 01 December 2011
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