What is it about?
In Kurram district of Pakistan, people use medicinal plants to cure a variety of livestock diseases. This study was conducted with the aims to document the indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants used in veterinary practices in the district.Ethnoveterinary data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 97 participants that were purposely chosen at random locations and data was quantitatively analyzed using relative frequency of citation (RFC) and use value (UV).
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Why is it important?
In total 81 plants belonging to 43 families were recorded. Asteraceae and Lamiaceae were the most cited botanical families. The plants were used to treat 28 livestock diseases. Among the plant parts, leaves were the most used parts (38 %) followed by the flowers (13 %), seeds (10 %), stem (10 %), fruit (8 %), and roots (7 %). The results showed that (22) plants were used for digestive diseases, (10) for skin problems, (8) against flatulence, (7) as anthelmintic and as refrigerant, and (4) to treat diarrhea and as anti-inflammatory.The study provides an inventory of traditional ethnoveterinary plants from Kurram district of Pakistan for further phytochemical and pharmacological studies in order to explore their active ingredients.
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In the Kurram district of Pakistan people practiced (82) medicinal plants to cure (28) livestock diseases. Asteraceae and Lamiaceae were the dominant botanical families and leaves (38%) were the most used plant parts. Most plant were used in problems of digestive systems as digestive(22), skin problems (10) and antiflatulence (8). The frequently used plant species should be prioritized for conservation as their preferred use may cause threats to biodiversity. The study also specifies to maintain the indigenous cultural uses by preserving the indigenous medicinal plants and associated knowledge
Dr Maroof Ali
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This page is a summary of: Traditional Uses of Plants by Indigenous Communities for Veterinary Practices at Kurram District, Pakistan, Ethnobotany Research and Applications, January 2019, Ilia State University,
DOI: 10.32859/era.18.24.1-19.
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