Folk Herbal Practices Among Toda Tribe of the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu, India

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https://doi.org/10.18311/jnr/2005/415

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Ethno-Medicobotany, Toda Tribe, Nilgiri Hills, South India.
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

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Objectives: To examine ethno-medicobotany of Toda tribe in the Nilgiri hills of South India. Materials and methods: Ethnobotanical field survey and personal discussion methods have been made use of in the collection of data. Results and discussion: A list of 32 botanicals (30 dicots and 2 monocots) plants belonging to 31 genera, 29 families and 32 species are employed for therapeutic purposes by the Toda tribe of Nilgiri hills, South India. The Parmelia caperata a type of moss paste is applied to wounds caused by animal bites for healing. In analyzing ethno-medicobotanical information, we present here data on various ethnomedicinal claims and method of applications to treat a host of ailments are underlined here. A short description of plants, their habitat, family and local names are also summarized here.

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Published

2005-01-01

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Rajan, S., Jayendran, M., & Sethuraman, M. (2005). Folk Herbal Practices Among Toda Tribe of the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Natural Remedies, 5(1), 52–58. https://doi.org/10.18311/jnr/2005/415

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