Role of potential ethno-medicinal plants resources of Kalimath valley (District Rudraprayag) Uttarakhand, India in health care

Semwal, DP; Bhatt, K. C.; Mamgain, Akshay; Uniyal, Prem L.; Bahuguna, Yateesh Mohan

doi:10.5958/j.0975-6892.5.4.036

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“…Many ethnobotanical studies have been conducted throughout the country over the years [19][20][21][22], but still there is lot of work to be done in order to document the plants and their traditional uses [23][24][25]. The documentation and further research on medicinal plants is highly required for the preparation of plant-based drugs [26][27]. The aim of the present study is to document the ethnomedicinal knowledge of Buksa tribe of Uttarakhand to conserve their knowledge for future generation.…”

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An Ethnobotanical Study to Document the Indigenous Knowledge of Buksa Tribe of Uttarakhand, India

Kumar¹,

Rajpoot²,

Rajput³

et al. 2023

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The present paper aimed at reporting the traditional indigenous knowledge related to the preparation of medicines by a primitive tribe of Uttarakhand i.e., the Buksa tribe. In this study 109 plant species were recorded which belongs to 53 families. The Buksa tribe uses the plant to prepare the medicines in order to cure many diseases. Herbs are most used plant type. It has been noticed that leaves are most used part of the plant for the preparation of medicines by the tribe. The Family Fabaceae (18%) followed by Malvaceae and Moraceae (13% each) and Apocynaceae (11%) were the dominant family of plants used by the tribe. It has been noticed that the knowledge related to the ethnobotany is only bound to the old agers. The young generation is lacking this knowledge. Buksas are used to be the best medical healers but passing of knowledge from one generation to other generation is decreasing. Their indigenous knowledge of preparing the medicine is also not documented earlier by them. The traditional knowledge which passes from one generation to another verbally is now in a disappearing state. Thus, it is the need of the hour to document the precious knowledge which can be used by the future generations.

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An Ethnobotanical Study to Document the Indigenous Knowledge of Buksa Tribe of Uttarakhand, India

Kumar¹,

Rajpoot²,

Rajput³

et al. 2023

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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).…”

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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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“…Kalimath is at a distance of about 20 km from Kedarnath (Kannaujiya et al, 2019). The village is dedicated to divine Goddess Maa Kali which is bounded by 30°33' 10" to 30°43' 08" N latitudes and 79° 04' 35" to 79° 10' 23"E longitudes in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand state of India (Semwal et al, 2013). The average annual precipitation and…”

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Recovery of topsoil physico-chemical characteristics in different aged landslides in Alaknanda watershed, Uttarakhand, India

Goyal¹,

Joshi²

2020

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The study analyzed the natural recovery of soil physico-chemical properties with time in two different aged landslides i.e., 7-year-old (L1 site) and 21-year-old (L2 site) in the Kalimath area of Uttarakhand. The collected soil samples were analyzed for various physical (bulk density, particle density, porosity, moisture content, particle size distribution) and chemical (pH, E.C., soil O.C., organic matter, and available N, P, K) characteristics. The results have demonstrated that the soils of landslide affected sites had less nutrient availability with reference to the control site. The concentration of various physico-chemical properties increases with the passage of time. The absence of a significant difference between the older site and the control site signifies the recovery of soil with the age of landslides. The recovery of soil organic carbon (S.O.C.) and accumulation of soil organic matter (S.O.M.) in the upper layer of soil plays a crucial role in the restoration of soil. It was observed that in a 21-year-old site, most of the soil characteristics had reached the level of about 85-95 % of the undisturbed site. On the other hand, available nitrogen showed a remarkable increase in concentration as the higher content of it was recorded in site L2 as compared to the undisturbed site.

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Role of potential ethno-medicinal plants resources of Kalimath valley (District Rudraprayag) Uttarakhand, India in health care

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

An Ethnobotanical Study to Document the Indigenous Knowledge of Buksa Tribe of Uttarakhand, India

An Ethnobotanical Study to Document the Indigenous Knowledge of Buksa Tribe of Uttarakhand, India

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

Recovery of topsoil physico-chemical characteristics in different aged landslides in Alaknanda watershed, Uttarakhand, India

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