Title |
Indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants used by Saperas community of Khetawas, Jhajjar District, Haryana, India
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Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, January 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-6-4 |
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Authors |
Manju Panghal, Vedpriya Arya, Sanjay Yadav, Sunil Kumar, Jaya Parkash Yadav |
Abstract |
Plants have traditionally been used as a source of medicine in India by indigenous people of different ethnic groups inhabiting various terrains for the control of various ailments afflicting human and their domestic animals. The indigenous community of snake charmers belongs to the 'Nath' community in India have played important role of healers in treating snake bite victims. Snake charmers also sell herbal remedies for common ailments. In the present paper an attempt has been made to document on ethno botanical survey and traditional medicines used by snake charmers of village Khetawas located in district Jhajjar of Haryana, India as the little work has been made in the past to document the knowledge from this community. |
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