ETHNOBOTANY OF THE ACONITUM FEROX
Journal Title: World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Traditional medicines comprises of the utilization of the folk plants knowledge for the treatment of the many kinds of the disorders, as well as the folk knowledge which has assimilated over generations by the different experiences of the cultures over the time. Traditional medicines or the TK comprises of the sum total of the skills, practices and the belief of the society which has developed over generation experiences over the time. They are simple, safe and cheap for the countries like the India and the Africa, however in this review article we are presenting some of the aspects of the genus Aconitum ferox of the Ranunculaceae family. The plant is in the form of weed, it is the assimilation of the many kinds of the metabolites of the various medical significances, however some of the toxins are the great neurotoxins, they paralyse the nervous system so in India the aghori tantric utilises the plant for the nasha and the other purposes. Well some of the worker in India and in the other part of the world done extensive work on the Aconitum ferox and provided valuable information for the various diseases. Aconitum is restricted to the only Himalayan region and it needs the conservation.
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Dr. Teena Agrawal
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