Payal S Kamdi^1,2* and Rajkumar Gupta²

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Dravyaguna, Bhausaheb Mulak Ayurveda College and Research Hospital, Butibori, Nagpur, India
²Professor and HOD, Department of Dravyaguna, Mahatma Gandhi Ayurveda College, Hospital and Research Centre, DMIHER, Sawangi (M), Wardha, India

*Corresponding Author: Payal S Kamdi, Assistant Professor, Department of Dravyaguna, Bhausaheb Mulak Ayurveda College and Research Hospital, Butibori, Nagpur, India.

Received: October 29, 2021 Published: June 01, 2023

Abstract

India is one of the twelve mega-biodiversity countries of the world and is blessed with a variety of topographical regions, climates and ecological zones. The flora is extremely diverse and thus medicinal plants play an important role in Indian traditional health care systems.

Keywords: Conservation; Ethanomedicine; Ethanomedicinal; Medicine; Plants; Traditional consumption

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Citation

Citation: Payal S Kamdi and Rajkumar Gupta. “Ethanomedicinal Plants – The Forgotten Healers". Acta Scientific Pharmacology 4.2 (2023): 01-02.

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