Bøger af T V V Seetharami Reddi

The survey of literature revealed that there are few studies on gynaecological disorders in different parts of India. Disorders that are peculiar to females are known as gynaecological disorders. The chief disorders are associated with menstruation that is amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia, menopausal changes, leucorrhoea, diseases connected to pregnancy and childbirth, easy delivery, labour pains, post-partum problems, prolapse of the uterus and infertility, sterility, suppressed post-partum lactation and vaginal pruritus etc. The review reveals that a number of interesting claims and mode of their application either as a single plant species or in combination with some additives. Since ages herbs are being used as medicines as they are readily available, safe and cost-effective. The folk medicine of tribes is not only for virility and family planning, but they also use many species of plants for various ailments. Ethnomedicinal knowledge of inhabitants of an area on abortion, sexual fertility and female contraceptives, which is one of the important informal innovations used by them, is quite relevant to present day situation.

The present investigation is an attempt to explore ethnomedicine of the tribals of Visakhapatnam district with the objectives of collection, identification and inventorisation of plant species employed in ethnomedicinal practices and to bring some new ones on to the agenda of medicinal plants and to contribute to the development of modern medicine. The agency track of the district is inhabited by 9 communities. 506 species included in 367 genera and 124 families are recorded. 135 ailments are cured by these plants with 1681 ethnomedicinal practices. 316 species are used singly and the remaining 190 in combination. Majority of plants can be saved by establishing national parks and nature reserves as protected areas. Critically endangered plants may be adopted by the social forestry to grow them as avenue plants. Ethnomedicinal knowledge endowed with tribals be exploited by the modern medicine. This monograph is useful to the researchers in the fields of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Homoeopathy, Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy.

Adilabad dt. occupies an area of 16,210 Sq Km with 4,16,511 (16.74%)tribal population. The main objectives of the study are extensive and intensive explorations to record first hand information from tribal practitioners, taxonomic analysis and systemic evaluation of drug yielding plants, impact of tribal culture on forest, vegetation and analysis of different tribal folklore. Gond, Lambada, Kolam, Koya, Pardhan, Manne and Naikpod are the main tribal communities. 412 plant sps included 338 genera and 107 families used in curing different human and veterinary diseases and other purposes. 358 are dicots, 50 monocots and 4 pteridophytes. The dominant families with ethnobotanical interest are Leguminosae (53 sps), followed by Poaceae (31), Euphorbiaceae (19), Malvaceae (14), Cucurbitaceae and Rubiaceae (12 each). 366 species are used for curing 116 ailments with 1378 practices. It documents vital clues for understanding the complex heritage of tribal communities and their association with environment and nature. This book is useful to the researchers in the fields of Ethnobotany, Ethnopharmacology, Ethnopharmacognosy and Ethnoveterinary.