Medicinal Plants and Traditional Health Care Knowledge of Vaidyas, Palsi and Others: A Case Study from Kedarnath Valley of Uttarakhand, India

Semwal, DP; Kala, Chandra Prakash; Bhatt, Anupam

doi:10.5958/j.0975-4261.2.1.007

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“…The raw bulb is chewed to treat cough, cold, infections, and altitude sickness, while fresh juice is applied to treat snake bite and wound (Kunwar et al 2006, Joshi & Joshi 2007, Limbu & Rai 2013, Dhital et al 2021, Khakurel et al 2021, Kumari et al 2009, Kumar & Pandey 2015, Bhattarai et al 2009, Topwal & Uniyal 2018. The juice is used as a moth repellent and dried leaves (or flower) decoction is used in intestinal pain and liver diseases (Tiwari et al 2014, Semwal et al 2013, Semwal et al 2010. Further, the different parts and whole plant is also documented for the treatment of body pain, cut, hypertension, headache, gastritis, bile problem, carminative, indigestion, sinusistis, skin diseases, mumps, leech removal, and as source of cash income , Khajuria et al 2021, Sharma 2012, Adhikari et al 2021, Khakurel et al 2021, Tiwari et al 2010, Ong et al 2018, Miya et al 2020, Singh & Attri 2014, Handa et al 2006, Pande et al 2007, Bhattarai et al 2010, Joshi & Siwakoti 2012, Kapale 2012, Paudyal & Singh 2014, Sah et al 2020, Sørnes et al 2021, Bhandari et al 2021 wallichii was in practice by Vaidyas, Palsi and others for prevention and treatment of several ailments including indigestion and dysentery as reported in Kedarnath Valley of Uttarakhand, India (Semwal et al 2010).…”

Section: Ethnomedicinal Traditional Health Benefitmentioning

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Ethnomedicinal and traditional application of Allium wallichii Kunth (Himalayan Onion): An unexplored and underutilized nutraceutical plant foods from Himalayan regions.

Rana¹,

Sethiya

Duseja³

et al. 2022

Ethnobot. Res. App.

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Background: Allium wallichii Kunth (Family: Amaryllidaceae), commonly known as "Himalayan onion" is well recorded as popular ethnomedicine for medicinal and nutritional uses by different people and communities native to Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Southwestern China.Methods: Despite the wide ethnomedicinal and pharmacological studies on A. wallichii, there are no concise elaborated article comprising reviews of published literature. So, herein we designed this review article to discuss the potential health benefit in both traditional ethnopharmacology and modern pharmacology. To achieve this exhaustive literature searches using A. wallichii as keywords for screening of relevant information online databases such as Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, SciELO, Scopus and SpringerLink were performed.Results: Only few published studies relevant to our objective was found and presented under different section of the current work. It was observed that different parts of A. wallichii was recorded in different regions of the Asia for health, economical and nutraceutical benefits such as dysentery, cholera, cold, cough, blood cholesterol levels, itching, to remove maggots from wounds, leech remover, antidote, cut, wounds (finger and toe infections), gastric problems, bile complaints, moth repellent, body ache, sinusitis, carminative, dizziness, mumps, hypertension, intestinal pain, liver diseases, indigestion for children, high altitude sickness, condiment for curries, pickles, soup and vegetable source for cash income. Major bioactive phytochemicals such as 1,2 bis (methylthio) ethene, diosgenin, 2,4 dimethyl thiophene, tigogenin, dimethyl disulfide and trisulfide were reported. However, in modern pharmacology anti-microbial, antioxidant, and anti-cancer activities was established.Conclusion: It was concluded that A. wallichii need special attention for protected cultivation and conservation in near future for maximum output and utilization are required. Moreover, A. wallichii could be considered as an excellent source of safe and effective medicinal and nutritional herbal remedies for human and animal consumption after only careful investigation.

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Section: Ethnomedicinal Traditional Health Benefitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnomedicinal and traditional application of Allium wallichii Kunth (Himalayan Onion): An unexplored and underutilized nutraceutical plant foods from Himalayan regions.

Rana¹,

Sethiya

Duseja³

et al. 2022

Ethnobot. Res. App.

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“…Mustard oil is also used in medicinal preparations, pharmaceutical products, and cosmetics. Mustard seeds are a valuable crop with a wide range of benefits [9]. They are a good source of nutrients, can be used to produce a variety of products, and have a number of industrial applications.…”

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Investigation of Physical and Frictional Properties of Mustard Seed Varieties to Design inclined Plate Metering Mechanism

Singh,

Moses,

Aalam

et al. 2023

IJECC

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The physical and frictional properties were studied for three distinct mustard seed varieties: RLC-1, GSC-7, and PBR-91, with the primary objective of designing an efficient inclined plate seed metering mechanism for agricultural seeders. Mustard, a globally significant oilseed crop, plays a vital role in both agriculture and industry. Our comprehensive analysis encompassed various properties, including seed dimensions, test weight (1000 seed), moisture content, geometric mean diameters, surface area, bulk density, true density, sphericity, angle of repose, and coefficients of friction on plywood and GI sheet surfaces. The results revealed significant variations among the mustard seed varieties. For instance, RLC-1 seeds exhibited lengths of 4.029 ± 0.37 mm, widths of 2.210 ± 0.31 mm, and thicknesses of 0.851 ± 0.19 mm, whereas GSC-7 displayed lengths of 4.110 ± 0.42 mm, widths of 2.300 ± 0.35 mm, and thicknesses of 0.910 ± 0.24 mm. Additionally, GI sheet surfaces exhibited a lower coefficient of friction compared to plywood. This comprehensive dataset informs the design of tailored seed metering mechanisms, optimizing seed handling, minimizing damage and losses, and reducing blockage during seeding operations, thereby enhancing overall efficiency in mustard crop cultivation and seeding technology.

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“…Garlic, ginger, and turmeric are widely used together or individually as spices in food or for different medicinal purposes all around Nigeria and powdered form of each of these spices is commonly added to cooked food to improve the flavor (Mann, 2011). The raw tubes of any of these herbs, particularly ginger, is also commonly boiled in water to make decoction which is used by the locals to treat different ailments like diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and so on (Semwal et al, 2010).…”

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Serum biochemical parameters profile of Wistar rats following daily administration of some food spices

Itopa,

Suleiman,

Dauda

2023

dujopas

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Garlic, ginger, and turmeric are widely used together or individually as spices in food or for their different medicinal purposes all around Nigeria. This study was conducted to assess the effects of consuming either of the three samples on the livers of wistar rats. Standard methods of analyses were employed for the study. A set of fifteen male Wistar Rats divided equally into three groups of which group I served as control and groups II and III as test groups were used for each of the samples; a total of 45 wistar rats were used for this study. The rats in the test groups for each of the samples were placed on different concentrations (group II: 100 mg/kg Body Weight and group III: 200 mg/kg BW) of the sample extract for 21 days. Results obtained reveal that ethanol extracts (100 mg/kg BW and 200 mg/kg BW) of garlic significantly (p<0.05) reduced the liver enzymes Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) and Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP), and the bilirubin levels but significantly (p < 0.05) reduced Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) against the control. However, ginger extracts and turmeric extracts significantly (p<0.05) increased ALT and AST in the test groups against the control, and while ginger extracts significantly (p<0.05) increased the levels of bilirubins, turmeric extracts significantly (p<0.05) reduced the levels of bilirubins in the attest groups against the control. The significant decrease in the levels of ALT, ALP, total and conjugated bilirubin levels by garlic extracts shows garlic hepatoprotective potential while the significant increase in the levels of ALT and AST by ginger extracts and turmeric extracts shows their hepatotoxic potential to the body of the experimental animals employed.

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Medicinal Plants and Traditional Health Care Knowledge of Vaidyas, Palsi and Others: A Case Study from Kedarnath Valley of Uttarakhand, India

Cited by 6 publications

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Ethnomedicinal and traditional application of Allium wallichii Kunth (Himalayan Onion): An unexplored and underutilized nutraceutical plant foods from Himalayan regions.

Ethnomedicinal and traditional application of Allium wallichii Kunth (Himalayan Onion): An unexplored and underutilized nutraceutical plant foods from Himalayan regions.

Investigation of Physical and Frictional Properties of Mustard Seed Varieties to Design inclined Plate Metering Mechanism

Serum biochemical parameters profile of Wistar rats following daily administration of some food spices

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