Abstract: The present paper deals with the medicinal plants used by the people of Challakeretaluk, Chitradurga district for curing different types of ailments caused by the microbes including some inanimate diseases. A total of 65 plants belongs to 62 families have been documented here for their therapeutic use against different ailments. The herbal prescriptions were prepared from various plant parts of single plant or combination of different plants. The majority of the preparation was made by using water as one of the medium. The mode of application was topical, but in many cases it was also administered orally along with different adjuvants. Viz. cow milk, ghee, honey, curd butter milk and butter, coconut oil etc. were also documented through this study. All the collected plants were also made herbarium and deposited in the Department of Botany, Davanagere University, Davanagere for future study.
Keywords: Tradition Folk; medicine; ailments; plants.
Title: Folklore Medicinal Plants of Challakere Taluk of Chitradurga District Karnataka India
Author: Lakshmana, Swetha, Dwaraknath V, Shravana Kumar S
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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