FLORA AND FAUNA ISSN 2456-9364(Online) 0971-6920(Print)
         
2017 Vol.23 No.2 PP 301-304
ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES BY BHIL AND BHILALAS TRIBES OF ALIRAJPUR DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA
BHUPENDRA H. BHARGAV* AND RAKESH PATEL
Department of Life Science ,
SRGBN College, Sanawad ,
KHARGONE-451111 (M.P.) INDIA.
*Corresponding Author : Email : bhupendrabhargav@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
An extensive survey of Alirajpur district of M.P. was made to document the traditional knowledge of ethnomedicinal plants used by tribal communities. Tribals like Bhil, Bhilala, Barela, Patliya and Naik are residing in the area. These people and their medicine men have valuable information about properties of medicinal uses of plants. They successfully treat diabetes and hypertension using plant based medicine. The present survey recorded the use of 20 medicinal plants belonging to 15 families.

Key words : Bhil, Bhilalas, Blood pressure, Diabetes, Ethnomedicinal plants, Tribes.
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