Abstract
An ethnobotanical survey was conducted to collect information about medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetics and associated complications by tribals in Nalamankadai village of Chitteri Hills, Dharmapuri District. The indigenous knowledge of local traditional healers and native plants used for the treatment of diabetics related health disorders were collected through questionnaire and personal interviews. A total of 10 informants with in the age group of 50 to 68 were interviewed, among them two were tribal practitioners. The investigation revealed that, the traditional healers and the inhabitants use 29 species of plants distributed in 28 genera belonging to 22 families to treat diabetics and related complications. Results depict that fresh plant materials were invariably preferred for the treatment of long term complications associated with diabetics. Anti-diabetic medicinal plants used by Malayali’s in Chitteri have been listed along with plant parts used.
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Kadhirvel, K.; Rajivgandhi, P.; Narayanan, G.; Govindaraji, V.; Kannan, K.; Vanithaselvi, R.; Ramya, S.; and Jayakumararaj, R.
(2010)
"Investigations on Anti-Diabetic Medicinal Plants Used by Tribal Inhabitants of Nalamankadai, Chitteri Reserve Forest, Dharmapuri, India,"
Ethnobotanical Leaflets: Vol. 2010:
Iss.
3, Article 2.
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/ebl/vol2010/iss3/2