Medicinal Plants Used by Herbal Healers in Narasipura and Manchale Villages of Sagara Taluk, Karnataka, India
Journal Title: STAR Journal - Year 2012, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
The present study was designed to study the Medicinal plants used by herbal healers in Narasipura and Manchale villages of Sagara Taluk, Karnataka, India. The people, particularly from rural places, depend on herbs for primary health care where ethnomedicinal use of plants has been practiced since time immemorial. Sagara taluk is located in the midst of the Western Ghats region of Shivamogga District, Karnataka State, India. Ethnobotanical field surveys were conducted from January to March 2012 to document the uses of medicinal plants by herbal healers in villages Narasipura and Manchale of Sagarataluk, Karnataka state, India. A total of 21 plants in Narasipura and 14 plants in Manchale were documented. The information about local name, partsused, type of formulation and disorders for which they were used are documented.
Authors and Affiliations
Poornima G| Department of Botany, SRNMN College of Applied Sciences, Balraj Urs Road, Shivamogga-577201, Karnataka, India, Manasa M| Department of Botany, SRNMN College of Applied Sciences, Balraj Urs Road, Shivamogga-577201, Karnataka, India, Rudrappa D| Department of Botany, SRNMN College of Applied Sciences, Balraj Urs Road, Shivamogga-577201, Karnataka, India, Prashith Kekuda TR| Department of Microbiology, SRNMN College of Applied Sciences, Balraj Urs Road, Shivamogga- 577201, Karnataka, India
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