Volume 146, Issue 2, 27 March 2013, Pages 581-593
a
Department of Botany, Bareilly College, Bareilly-243005, India
b Raw Materials Herbarium and Museum Delhi (RHMD), CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110012, India
b Raw Materials Herbarium and Museum Delhi (RHMD), CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110012, India
Abstract
Background: In remote
areas, folk medicines play a significant role in livestock health care
management. The aims of this study were to document folk veterinary
medicines of the Uttar Pradesh region and identify promising species for
pharmacological studies. Methods: Fieldwork was conducted over a period
of two years in Uttar Pradesh, utilizing the transect walk method of
participatory rural appraisal (PRA). The data were analyzed through the
following techniques: use-value, relative frequency of citation and
informant consensus factor (Fic). Results: This research details the use
of 83 medicinal plants used to treat 36 livestock ailments. A total of
91 new medicinal claims were discovered. The ailments are categorized
into 11 ailment categories based on certain group of ailments
(symptoms/similarities, etc). The Fic values indicate that there was a
high degree of consensus among informants regarding how to treat burns,
coughs, colds and fevers. The most useful medicinal species, ranked
according to their perceived usefulness were: Linum usitatissimum,
Saccharum officinarum, Brassica napus, Acacia nilotica, Alocasia
macrorrhizos, and Calotropis gigantea. For certain medicinal uses,
Ferula asafoetida, Linum usitatissimum, Pandanus tectorius, Brassica
juncea, Brassica napus, Madhuca longifolia, Alocasia macrorrhizos and
Tagetes erecta were also frequently cited for cures with a Fic value of
over 3.00. In remedy preparations, the leaves were the most frequently
used plant part (22 instances) and most of the preparations were in the
form of crushed plant parts, leaves or otherwise. Herbs were the most
frequently used source of medicine (43), followed by trees (21) and
shrubs (17%). Conclusions: Those plants which received high relative
frequency citation (Fic) values may prove useful for pharmacological
studies in new drug development projects, especially Ferula asafoetida
(used for flatulence), Linum usitatissimum (a galactagogue), Pandanus
tectorius (used for estrus regulation/preparation for breeding),
Brassica juncea (to cure infections of the tail), Brassica napus (also
to cure infections of the tail), Madhuca longifolia (to cure maggots in
the hoof), Alocasia macrorrhizos (for estrus regulation) and Tagetes
erecta (for otitis). © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Author keywords
Folk medicine; Livestock; Medicinal plants; Traditional knowledge; Uttar Pradesh; Veterinary
Indexed keywords
EMTREE medical terms: Acacia nilotica; Alocasia;
Alocasia macrorrhizos; article; Brassica juncea; burn; Calotropis;
calotropis gigantea; cold; coughing; Ferula; Ferula asafoetida; fever;
field work; India; linseed; livestock; Madhuca; madhuca longifolia;
medicinal plant; medicinal species; nonhuman; Pandanus tectorius;
rapeseed; shrub; sugarcane; Tagetes erecta; traditional medicine;
veterinary medicine
MeSH: Animal Diseases; Animals; Ethnobotany; India; Medicine, Traditional; Phytotherapy; Plants, Medicinal; Veterinary Drugs
Medline is the source for the MeSH terms of this document.
Medline is the source for the MeSH terms of this document.
Species Index: Acacia nilotica; Alocasia macrorrhizos;
Brassica juncea; Brassica napus; Calotropis gigantea; Ferula
assa-foetida; Linum usitatissimum; Madhuca longifolia; Pandanus
tectorius; Saccharum officinarum; Tagetes erecta
Chemicals and CAS Registry Numbers: Veterinary Drugs
ISSN: 03788741
CODEN: JOETDSource Type: Journal
Original language: English
