Abstract:
An ethnomedicinal study was carried out to document indigenous knowledge related to herbal remedies for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders by local inhabitants of Pattoki district Kasur. Data was collected from local inhabitants by conducting semi structured interviews. Different quantitative tools i.e Frequency Citation (FC), Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC), Use Value (UV), Relative Importance (RI), Family Importance Value (FIV), Family Use Value (FUV), Fidelity level (FL), Rank order priority (ROP), Relative popularity level (RPL) and Factor informant consensus (FIC) were applied on collected data. 71 informants were interviewed and overall, 86 plants belonging to 81 genera and 39 families were accounted as Poaceae was the predominant family with 10 species, leaves (44%) were the most commonly used parts of plant, indigenous plants were generally used as powder or decoction and were basically taken orally. The reported ailments were divided into 11 categories. RFC ranged from 3 to 65. Plant with highest UV was Gossypium barbadense (1.85714) while RI varied from 35 to 100. Achyranthes aspera, Digera muricata, Eruca sativa, Azadirachta indica, Gallium aparine, Solanum nigrum, Fagonia indica, Conyza bonariensis, Chicorium intybus, Calotropis procera with maximum FL (100%), were used against blood purification, heart attack and arteriosclerosis. The highest ROP reported (33.3) in Digera muricata L. and Gallium aparine L. for blood purification. These plants can be used to develop the drugs for cardiovascular disorders.
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Journal: First International Conference on Revamped Scientific Outlook of 21st Century (Abstract Book), Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Pakistan
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cardiovascular
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Herbal remedies
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Quantitative Ethnomedicine