Herbal Remedies Used to Treat Skin Disorders in Arasankulam Region of Thoothukudi District in Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract
As lacking in attention given to the ethnomedicinal plants to be used for the treatment of skin diseases in many areas, an ethnomedicinal study was carried out to enumerate the traditional uses followed to treat skin diseases among the people living in Arasankulam and Kottarakurichi villages located in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. The medicinal uses of 24 species belonging to 20 families were reported from the study area. Euphorbiaceae was noted as largest families comprising of 3 species each. Herbs (50.0%) were found more in number than other life forms of plants. Leaves (50.0%) were the mostly used plant part to prepare the medicine and paste (61.54%) was the dominant mode to treat the skin ailments. By this research work, it was also noted that a total of 6 plants were used to heal wound, 4 plants for the treatment of cut, 3 plants each to cure boil and eczema, 2 plants to treat heel crack and 1 plant each for abrasion, chicken pox, dandruff, itch, leprosy, lip crack, scabies, skin allergy, small pox and tumor. Further studies on phytochemical and pharmacological aspects of these plants will contribute new dimensions to these medicinal plants.
Keywords: Medicinal plants, Skin diseases, Arasankulam region, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu.
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Medicinal plants, Skin diseases, Arasankulam region, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu
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7. Saikia AP, Ryakala VK, Sharma P, Goswami P & Bora U. Ethnobotany of medicinal plants used by Assamese people for various skin ailments and cosmetics. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2006; 106:149-157.
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9. Matthew KM. An Excursion Flora of Central Tamil Nadu. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India, 1991.
10. Shanmugam S, Rajagopal V & Rajendran K. Multipurpose usable plants in Thalaiyanai hills of Tirunelveli forest division in southern part of Western Ghats. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 2007; 14(4):297-306.
11. Shanmugam S, Ramar S, Ragavendhar K, Ramanathan R & Rajendran K. Plants used as medicine by Paliyar tribes of Shenbagathope in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany, 2008; 32(4):922-929.
12. Shanmugam S, Manikandan K & Rajendran K. Ethnomedicinal survey of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes and jaundice among the villagers of Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu. Ethnobotanical Leaflets, 2009; 13: 186-193.
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14. Shanmugam S, Kalaisevan M, Selvakumar P, Suresh K & Rajendran K. Ethnomedicinal pants used to cure diarrhea and dysentery in Sivagangai district of Tami Nadu, India. International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy, 2011b; 2(3):991-994.
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16. Shanmugam S, Balamurugan S, Pandiselvam P & Rajendran K. Medicinal plants used by the people of Thiruppuvanam and its surrounding areas of Sivagangai district in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Journal of Basic and Applied Biology, 2012b; 6:39-45.
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Sundari A, Jayakumararaj R. Herbal Remedies Used to Treat Skin Disorders in Arasankulam Region of Thoothukudi District in Tamil Nadu, India. JDDT [Internet]. 15Sep.2020 [cited 28Apr.2024];10(5):33-8. Available from: https://www.jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/4277
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