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- Review Of Research
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Abstract (Original Language):
In India medicinal plants are valued for cultural reasons, man-monetary
utilterian purposes, (food and medicines), industrial demand and as a subset of national
bio diversity wealth most people especially in rural areas depend on traditional
medicines to treat many diseases. Tribal communities are mainly the forest dwellers and
they acquired rich knowledge on the uses of various plant species and forest products
over the centuries, moreover the majority of the tribal people are engaged in agriculture,
animal husbandry, hunting, fishing technology and related activities and they often
exposed to various dermatological infections such as wounds, microbial, infections,
swellings, burns, from cooking and sleeping near files, scorpion, snake and insect bites
an the forest lend.
Therefore a need was fell to document in dept information on traditional uses of plants.
The medicinal plants Board has formulated some schemes for finding the projects
related to development, creating awareness about the therapeutic uses of plants,
markings, and cultivation of some selected medicinal plants having assured market. The
operation al guidelines for funding the project proposals for many activities have been
formulated by the board.
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