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Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Ethnomedicinal studies on villages of Thenpuranadu, Tamil Nadu, India



Ethnomedicinal studies on villages of Thenpuranadu, Tamil Nadu, India
Natarajan Sisubalan, Shanmugam Velmurugan, Vadivel Malayaman, Subramani Thirupathy,Mohamed Hussain Ghouse Basha, Ramasamy Ravi Kumar.


Abstract
Aim: Herbal medicine is widely practiced throughout the world from time im-memorable. The aim of the present study is to document available medicinal plants, methods of preparation and major uses in the villages of Thenpuranadu and Pachamalai; a part of Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India.
Methods: Ethno medicinal survey was conducted among the villages of Thenpuranadu at Pachamalai a part of Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India.
Results: Several medicinal plants were recognized as medicinal source to cure many diseases. Study has revealed 50 medicinal plant species belonging to 29 families that are frequently used for treatment of more than 20 diseases by local traditional healers. In that 90% of the medicinal plants are dicotyledons and the remaining 10% are monocotyledons. These 50 plants comprise trees (40%), shrubs (36%), and herbs (24%). Most predominantly used plant part is leaves (36%) followed by bark (26%) and other parts of plants. The families Leguminosae (14%), Verbenaceae (10%), Euphorbiaceae (10%) occupied dominantly from that 29 families. The local traditional practitioners commonly used medicinal preparative method was decoction (40%) followed by infusion (20%) and etc show on. The local traditional practitioners handling common diseases to dreadful diseases like malaria, asthma and etc. But most successful cases of diseases cured by traditional practitioners are common cold, fever, cough (30%) followed by stomach problems (16%).
Conclusion: Tribal communities of Thenpuranadu, Pachamalai a part of Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India used and also followed natural medicinal system from long time. However, there is a need to conserve and document a scientific data concerning the use of the medicinal plants for future generation.
Key words: Key words: Ethno medicine, Traditional healers, Pachamalai, Eastern Ghats, India


Hindistan Tamil Nadu’nun Tenpuranadu köylerindeki etnomedikal çalışmalar
Özet
Amaç: Bitkisel ilaçlar, dünya çapında hafızalardaki tarihlerden beri, yaygın bir şekilde kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı ulaşılabilen tıbbi bitkileri, Hindistan Tamil Nadu eyaletinin Eastern Ghats bölgesinin bir parçası olan Thenpuranadu ve Pachamalai köylerindeki esas kullanım alanlarını ve hazırlama metodlarını belgelemekti.
Yöntem: Etnomedikal çalışma bahsedilen bu bölgedeki köyler arasında gerçekleştirildi.
Bulgular: Çeşitli şifalı bitkiler birçok hastalığın tedavisinde tıbbi bir kaynak olarak kabul edilmiştir. Çalışma sık sık yerel geleneksel şifacılar tarafından 20\'den fazla hastalığın tedavisinde kullanılan 29 familyaya ait 50 şifalı bitki türünü ortaya çıkarmıştır. Aslında tıbbi bitkilerin % 90’ı dikotiledonlar ve geri kalan % 10’u ise monokotiledonlardır. Bu 50 bitki içinde, ağaçlar (% 40), çalılar (% 36) ve otlar (% 24) bulunur. En ağırlıklı olarak kullanılan bitki parçası, kabuğu (% 26) ve bitkilerin diğer kısımlarını takiben (% 36) bırakır. Leguminosae (% 14), Verbenaceae (% 10), Euphorbiaceae (% 10) aileleri bu 29 aileden daha baskın yer aldı. Yerel geleneksel uygulayıcılar infüzyonu takiben (% 20) kaynatılan (% 40) yaygın tıbbi hazırlama yöntemini kullandılar. Bu uygulayıcılar, sıtma, astım vb gibi yaygın korkunç hastalıkları ele aldılar. Ama geleneksel uygulayıcılar tarafından tedavi edien hastalıkların en başarılı olguları soğuk algınlığı, ateş, mide problemlerini (% 16) takiben öksürük (% 30).
Sonuç: Hindistan’da Thenpuranadu, Pachamalai aşiret toplulukları Tamil Nadu Doğu Ghats bir parçasında doğal şifalı sistemi kullandılar ve aynı zamanda uzun zaman izlediler. Ancak, gelecek nesil için şifalı bitkilerin kullanımı ile ilgili bilimsel verileri korumak ve belgelemeye bir ihtiyaç vardır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Etnik tıp, geleneksel iyileştiriciler, Pakamalay, Doğu Ghats, Hindistan.


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