The ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Rawalakot used for Asthma | [FUUAST Journal of Biology • 2018]

Author(s):

1. IQBAL JAN: Department of Eastern Medicine and Surgery Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences the University of Poonch Rawalakot, AJK, Pakistan

2. MUHAMMAD MUKHTIAR: Department of Pharmacy Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences the University of Poonch Rawalakot AJK Pakistan

3. ALI HAZRAT: Departments of Botany University of Malakand Chakdara, KP, Pakistan

4. MUHAMMAD AMIR: Department of Eastern Medicine and Surgery Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences the University of Poonch Rawalakot, AJK, Pakistan

5. MOHAMMAD NASIR: Departments of Botany University of Malakand Chakdara, KP, Pakistan

6. ABID HUSSAIN: Department of Pharmacy Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences the University of Poonch Rawalakot AJK Pakistan

7. NASRULLAH KHAN: Departments of Botany University of Malakand Chakdara, KP, Pakistan

8. TOR JAN: Departments of Botany University of Malakand Chakdara, KP, Pakistan

Abstract:

Medicinal plants are considered to be the prime source of remedy for the ailment of the local community of the Rawalakot valley and its surrounding areas in Poonch District of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The basic aim of the current study was to record information regarding the population of the area about the use of medicinal plants and its crude preparation in a chronic Asthma: and quantification of recorded data. During Ethnobotanical survey 15 species of Anti-Asthmatic plants belonging to 15 Families were identified. In Ethnomedicinal uses, flowers, stem, Seeds, Roots, and Rhizomes were used. It's seen that young generations are inclined to the use of allopathic medicines. It is also suggested that local community should be educated about the importance of the traditional medicinal plants.

Page(s): 157-160

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Published: Journal: FUUAST Journal of Biology, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Year: 2018

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