Affiliation:
1. Professor and Head, Department of Botany, Government Post Graduate College, Maldevta (Raipur) Dehradun.
2. Research Scholar, Department of Botany, D.B.S.(P.G.) College, Dehradun.
3. Head, Department of Botany, Government Post Graduate College, Doiwala (Dehradun).
Abstract
Ethno-medicinal survey was undertaken from traditional healers of Bhutia tribal community of Urrarkashi district for the
use of medicinal plants in the treatment of different skin diseases such as dog and insect bite, burns, eczema, abscesses,
scabies, ringworm, cuts and wounds, boils, leprosy, blisters, allergy, itching, pimples, leucoderma, prickly heat, warts, septic ulcers, and other
skin diseases during different season of March 2016 to May 2017. The indigenous knowledge of tribal traditional healers having practical
knowledge of plants in medicine were interviewed in ve villages of Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand and plants used for medicinal purposes
were collected through questionnaire and personal interviews during eldtrips. A total of 60 plant species of 43 families are documented in this
study. The medicinal plants used in the treatment of skin diseases by tribal's are listed with botanical name (in binomial form), family, local names,
habit, availability, parts used, and mode of preparation. This study showed that Bhutia tribal people in the studied parts of Uttarkashi district
continue to depend on the medicinal plants at least for the treatment of primary healthcare.
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