Traditional Use of Herbal Medicinal Plant Holarrhena Antidysenterica (L.) Wall. Ex A. Dc. in the Treatment of Diabetes
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Holarrhena Antidysenterica, Traditional Healers, Diabetes, Ralegaon TahsilAbstract
The present study was conducted in the region of Ralegaon Tahsil, District, Yavatmal. The study was carried out during the period of June 2010 to August 2011. A large number of villages were visited in this region. The information was documented involving field study by contacting and interviewing traditional healers for plants used in the treatment of diabetes. Holarrhena Antidysenterica Wall. Ex. A. DC. (Apocynaceae) was selected for the study. The patients who had used medicines prepared by healers were also interviewed to document information of age group 9 to 76 years. To establish identity, the plant is collected for making herbarium record and deposited in the Department of Botany, Amolakchand Mahavidyalaya, Yavatmal District, Yavatmal (M.S.).
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