Local health wisdom of rural women using medicinal plants

Abstract

The health traditions in which much of the practices are local and community specific are known as Local Health Traditions (LHTs). For cold and cough, the traditional treatments included <i style="">ukaali</i> made of different ingredients like <i style="">dhania</i>, clove, <i style="">tulsi</i>, black pepper, <i style="">jaiphal</i>, ginger and <i style="">misri</i> .Whereas, for diarrhoea, the traditional treatment comprised of taking curd and <i style="">isab</i>, and mixture of<i style=""> harad </i>and <i style="">jaiphal</i>. Dysentery is treated by various herbs and ingredient like <i style="">khejadi</i>, <i style="">maroda phali</i> and <i style="">isab</i>. Skin diseases are treated by taking bath with <i style="">neem</i> leaves and malaria is treated by <i style="">tulsi</i> leaves and cloves, chewing young leaves of <i style="">neem</i>. <b style=""></b>