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Traditional medicines, especially the folk herbal medicines have recently been receiving heightened interest the world over. A less visible, but potentially more important application of recent advances in biosciences is the research and validation of herbal medicines used in experience based medicines, such as Chinese medicine and Indian Ayurveda. Ethnobotanical approaches to drug discovery which relies on using the knowledge of indigenous people, particularly ...
"This book is based on the original research of the authors, and highlights the ethnoveterinary medicinal importance of about 265 plant species belonging to 91 families. The plant species have been illustrated either by coloured photographys or line drawings. Ethnoveterinary herds have been described along with their latest valid botanical name, with vernacular names in use in the area covered; a systematic and brief botanical description; phenology giving ...
Ethnobotany is emerging as a new branch of study documenting the age-old wisdom and knowledge of the ethnic societies (tribals) about the utility of diverse plant species (biodiversity) and their miraculous properties as food and medicine, not yet known to the modern world. Ever since the WHO gave recognition to "Traditional Medicine" in 1976 the herbal folk medicine of ancient times which was temporarily subdued by the modern medicine have staged ...