Traditional phytotherapy for urinary complaints among the Bagata tribe of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

The present study highlights the medicinal plants used for treating various urinary complaints by the Bagata tribe of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh. This paper enumerates the traditional the rapeutic uses of 37 plant species belonging to 36 genera under 24 families used to cure various urinary problems. New uses were also reported.

Medicinal plants used by Khondu tribes of Dumbriguda Mandal, Alluri Sitaramaraju district, Andhra Pradesh, India

“…Out of 455 plant species herbs are 138, shrubs 128, trees 136, stragglers and climbers 50, ferns 6, and parasites/epiphytes 7. Koteswara Rao[18] Reported 341 plant species, and 279 genera belonging…”