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International Journal ofAyurvedic and Herbal Medicine

Some Ethno medicinal Plants used for the Treatment of Piles by the Kondadora Tribe of Northern Andhra Pradesh, A.P., India

Published:01 Oct 2012
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Prema Chandra Sekhar1*, Y. Vijay Kumar1, J.Ratna Grace1, O.Aniel kumar2, P. Prayaga Murty

1 Department of Botany, Dr.V.S.Krishna College, Visakhapatnam, A.P., India

2 Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, A.P., India

Corresponding Author:Prema Chandra Sekhar

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Mankind has blessed with variety of natural products which help us in day to day life. Present paper deals with some medicinal plants of Northern Andhra Pradesh to treat piles by konda dora tribes. A total of 22 plant species, belonging to 18 genera and 17 families were potentially utilized by the konda dora tribal people. Of these 22 species, 19 are dicots, 3 are monocots, 12 are monotypic, viz., representing only by one species. The remaining families representing 2 species. Different parts of the plants used for treatment of piles are leaf, fruit, seed, root, tuber, and latex. Sometimes whole plant is used for treating the diseases especially in case of herbs. Based on analysis the the whole plant and leaf constitute highest percentage of utilization (27%) followed by root (23%), tuber, fruit and latex (5) Phytochemical and pharmacological studies of above said plants need to be taken up to find out the exact ingredients that help in to cure the piles problem.

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Ethnomedicinal plantsPilesKondadoraNorthern Andhra PradeshAndhra PradeshIndia

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How to Cite

Sekhar, P. C., Kumar, Y. V., Grace, J., kumar, O., & Murty, P. P. (2012). Some Ethno medicinal Plants used for the Treatment of Piles by the Kondadora Tribe of Northern Andhra Pradesh, A.P., India. International Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine, 2(5). https://doi.org/10.47191/ijahm/v2i5.10

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