Applied Ethnobotany: A Case Study Among the Kharias of Central India

Applied Ethnobotany: A Case Study among the Kharias of Central India is a detailed and updated ethnobotanic study among the Kharias. Besides giving a comprehensive inventory of the useful plants in the Kharia habitat, this book makes a special contribution by suggesting a formula for quantifying the reliability of remedies reported by local medicinemen. An attempt is made, also, to bridge the gap between the work and publications of the scientific fraternity and their actual use among the practitioners of ethnomedicine, by carefully detailing medicinal uses of plants with ways of preparation, administration and dosage in most cases. This book deals with 280 plants of ethnobotanic importance to the Kharias.