Volume: 43 Issue: 4
Ethnomedicinal plants used in the treatment of headache by the Bhil tribe of Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh
Year: 2021, Page: 172-174, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v43i4.Jadhav2
Received: June 9, 2021 Accepted: Oct. 15, 2021 Published: Dec. 31, 2021
The present paper gives information on ethnomedicinal plants used by the Bhil tribe of Ratlam District (Madhya Pradesh) for curing headaches. It deals with 15 plant species under 13 genera belonging to 12 families. The botanical names followed by local names, family, Voucher Specimen Number, method of preparation of the drug, and mode of use of the plants are mentioned.
Keywords: Bhil, Ethnomedicinal plants, Headache, Ratlam district
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Jadhav D. 2021. Ethnomedicinal plants used in the treatment of headache by the Bhil tribe of Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh. J Med Aromat Plant Sci 43: 172-174.
