Ethnomedicine for earache by the tribes of Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract

The paper deals with 20 species of plants used for ear problems by the tribes of Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh. Neptunia oleracea and 15 practices were found to be new.

Test

“…Trichodesma Zeylanicum was one of the most important medicinal plants among those species, and its warmed root poultice proved bene icial when massaged on painful areas. The ethanobotanical use of Trichodesma Zeylanicum has been successfully demonstrated and is valuable for further research into autoimmune illnesses (Swamy and Reddi, 2016). An ethnobotanical survey was conducted in the Paliyar tribal settlements of Tamil Nadu's Theni district.…”