Ethno veterinary uses of medicinal plants of district Karak, Pakistan

Quantitative Ethnobotanical Investigation Of Flowering Plants of Laspur Valley (Chitral), Pakistan

“…The study indicates that there were 44 plant species divided into herbs (72.72%), shrubs (13.63%) and trees (13.63%) used for different purposes (Figure 1). Our findings are congruent with many researchers of allied, neighboring and national regions (Ijaz, 2014;Ijaz et al, 2015;Khattak et al, 2015;K.U. Khan et al, 2015;Shah et al, 2015;Ahmad et al, 2016 andRahman et al, 2016a).…”

Traditional uses of medicinal plants used by Indigenous communities for veterinary practices at Bajaur Agency, Pakistan

“…Indigenous populations comprising of various cultures residing in Lesser Himalayas (Pakistan) use W. somnifera for bovine mastitis [ 6 ], while in Ethiopia, this plant is being used to protect animals from bad evils [ 50 ]. The plant has carminative effects and is used to remove the flatulence [ 25 ]. Additionally, this plant is used as refrigerant and for abdominal pain, digestion, jaundice, skeleton-muscular ailments, and wound healing against sunstroke [ 26 ]; for treating diarrhea [ 22 ]; for trypanosomiasis [ 9 ]; and for anorexia [ 50 ].…”

Observations on traditional usage of ethnomedicinal plants in humans and animals of Kangra and Chamba districts of Himachal Pradesh in North-Western Himalaya, India

“…* # , Lauraceae Antidiabetic, stimulant, carminative, antimicrobial, anti-ulcer, antioxidative, treat gonorrhea, colic, diarrhea, rheumatism, cough and cold (Chauhan, 1999;Borhade et al, 2013; α-pinene, camphene, myrcene, limonene, eugenol and cymene (Sharma and Nautiyal, 2011) Cirsium wallichii DC., Asteraceae Dysentery (Sharma and Sood, 2013; Flavonoids, sterols, triterpenes, alkaloids, polyacetylenes, acetylenes, sesquiterpene lactones, phenolic acids and lignans (JordonThaden and Louda, 2003) Cissampelos pareira L., Menispermaceae Antitumor, antibacterial, antimalarial, diuretic, anticonvulsant, cure urinary problems, skin infections and colic pain (Samanta et al, 2012;Panda, 2014) Triterpene, flavonoids, glycosides and alkaloids (Samanta et al, 2012) Coronopus didymus L., Brassicaceae Antipyretic, antiallergic, diuretic, hypoglycemic, insect repellent, blood purifier, cure cough, bronchitis, rheumatism, gastric/urinary illnesses, muscular pain, bruises, wounds and traumatism (Prabhakar et al, 2002;Mantena et al, 2005;Rehman et al, 2015) Alkaloids, saponins, steroids, terpenoids, coumarins and betacyanins (Uddin et al, 2014) Desmodium microphyllum (Thunb.) D.C., Fabaceae Eye problems, fever, cough, headache, boils, blisters and wounds (Umberto Quattrocchi, 2012) Kaempferitrin (Li, 2009) Dicliptera bupleuroides (Nees), Tonic, blood purifier, cure cold, fever, cough, sore throat, eczema and ear ache (Sharma, No records Acanthaceae 2002;Shah et al, 2013;Ijaz, 2016) Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq., Sapindaceae Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, insecticidal, anti-ulcer, smooth muscle relaxant, cure sore throat, cold, wound, malaria, itching, indigestion, ulcers, diarrhea, expel round worms and act as sex tonic for goats to start heat cycle (Rojas et al, 1992;Getie et al, 2003;Joshi et al, 2003;Veerapur et al, 2004;Thring et al, 2007;Malarvannan et al, 2008;Khattak et al, 2015) Alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, phenols, steroids and volatile oil …”

“…Anti-pyretic, cooling, demulcent, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, purgative, cure sore throat, cough, cold, headache, tonsils, asthma, piles, constipation and skin diseases (Chauhan, 1999;Choudhary et al, 2005;Sharma and Sood, 2013;Kayani et al, 2014) Glucoside methyl salicylate, alkaloid violin, glycoside quercitin and saponins (Dey, 1980) Vitex negundo L., Lamiaceae Pain killer, appetizer, treat flatulence, fever, rheumatic pain, pyorrhea, gum inflammation, headache, tetanus, mastitis, scorpion and snake bite (Singh and Kumar, 2000;Kumar and Choyal, 2013;Sehgal and Sood, 2013;Rana and Masoodi, 2014;Sharma et al, 2014b;Sharma et al, 2015;Khattak et al, 2015;Rehman et al, 2015) Protocatechuic acid, oleanolic acid, flavonoids, β-sitosterol and p-hydroxybenzoic acid (Vishwanathan and Basavaraju, 2010) Zanthoxylum armatum DC. * # , Rutaceae Carminative, stomachic, anthelmintic, antiseptic, disinfectant, deodorant, antifungal, cure fever, mouth ulcers, dyspepsia, scabies, cholera, toothache and indigestion (Manandhar, 1995;Chauhan, 1999;Singh and Kumar, 2000;Sood et al, 2009;Kumar and Choyal, 2013;Sehgal and Sood, 2013) Alkaloids, sterols, phenolics, lignin, coumarins, terpenoids, flavonoids, glycosides and benzenoides *Commercially exploited non-timber forest product's species in Himachal Pradesh, India.…”