Research Article | Published: 01 September 2010

Ethno-medicinal exploration in Tangmarg area of district Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Peerzada Ishtiyak Ahmad, Irfan Ali Shah and T. Rabi Kumar

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 17 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 373-376 | 2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2010-6O701O | Cite this article

Abstract

An ethno-medicinal exploration carried out in the near by villages of Tangmarg area District Baramulla of Jammu and Kashmir, India, revealed that 23 plant species distributed in 19 families were reported to be used as folk medicine curing several diseases. The data was collected from the local inhabitants of several different professions, elderly people, practicing herbalists, senior reliable hakims (local doctors) and medical practitioners through personal interactions. Botanical names, family, local names and folk medicinal uses of these plant species have been collected and enlisted.

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Ahmad, P.I., Shah, I.A. and Rabi Kumar, T., 2010. Ethno-medicinal exploration in Tangmarg area of district Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 17(3), pp.373-376. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2010-6O701O

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Manuscript Published on 01 September 2010

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