Ethnobotanical indigenous knowledge of Tehsil Charhoi, District Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Background: The current study was based on ethnomedicinal uses of the plants of district Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Different statistical indices were quantitatively used to evaluate the new knowledge of the inhabitants.Methods: Frequent field visits were carried out from 2019 to 2022 in different seasons of the year. A questionnaire was used to collect all the information regarding taxa's traditional uses. The questionnaire was made to identify the knowledge of rural men, women, and their immediate families regarding the collection of medicinal plants along with their use in a community. Women were seldom interviewed, and this was a unique opportunity to investigate their plant knowledge.Results: A total of 154 plant taxa with 130 genera distributed in 58 families were used for the treatment of different ailments. Amongst them, the leading family was Poaceae with 14 taxa (9.09%), the second leading family was Fabaceae having 13 taxa (8.44%), followed by Amranthaceae with 11 taxa (7.14%). Habit wise 87 taxa (56.49%) were herbs, 38 taxa (24.67%) were shrubs, and 29 taxa (18.83%) were trees. Habitat wise 90 taxa (58.44%) were mesophytes, 16 taxa (10.38%) were sciophytes, and 48 taxa (31.16%) were xerophytes. Abundance wise 92 taxa were common (59.74%), 62 taxa were rare (40.25%); 142 taxa (92.2%) were wild, and 12 taxa (7.79%) were cultivated. Different parts of the taxa were utilized for the treatment of various ailments viz. leaves of 78 taxa (50.6%), roots of 19 taxa (12.3%), and Fruits of 17 taxa (11%) were used. Conclusion:The valuable information about the primeval use of medicinal taxa by the residents for the treatment of various disorders. The inhabitants of the area have diverse knowledge about the remedies of medication for effective work against them.

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Quantitative ethnomedicinal study of the Flora of district Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Ullah,

Irfan,

Saeed

2023

“…In our findings the use of medicinal plants is usually homemade based remedies and usually these remedies were used for effective work against a disease, and the correlation of our work was similar to the previous work of (Majeed et al 2021;Arshad et al 2022;Mir et al 2022b). Our work providing a first sight in the study area, and according to (Arif et al 2021;Arshad et al 2022) previoulsy maximum studied does not represented the statistical aspects for medicinal plants. Also with us, it is vital for the international people to realize the main problem of local communities with the advanced technologies to realize the main aim of the uses natural resources of people and also provided the access to these technologies to them (Irfan et al 2017).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Quantitative Ethnomedicinal study of the Flora of Tehsil Lahor, District Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Ali

Jan

Irfan

et al. 2023

Introduction: The current study expresses the folk knowledge of medicinal plants of the Flora of tehsil Lahor, District Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The presenting study for the first time provides a deep sight into folk medicinal knowledge of the study area through quantitative analysis.Materials and Methods: The native knowledge of the medicinal plant has been documented with the help of the local people of the area through the interviews of the experts of the area and also used the questionnaire methods from January to December 2018.Results: A total of 100 plants taxa belonging to 87 genera and 50 families were documented. In our findings, the Poaceae was the leading family with 8 taxa each (16%), while the Asteraceae and Euphorbiaceae were considered as the second leading families with 7 taxa each (28%) followed by third Solanaceae having 6 taxa with (12%). Amongst them 2 taxa were Pteridophytes, and 98 taxa were Angiosperms. Habit wise 76 taxa were herbs, while 13 taxa were shrubs, and 11 taxa were trees. Regarding the parts used whole plants were utilized with 43% dominantly.Regarding the quantitative analysis, the RFC ranged from 0.80 for Peganum harmala to 0.05 for Cannabis sativa, UV ranged from 0.21 for Mentha longifolia to 0.03 for Ricinus communis, ICF ranged from 0.66 for whooping cough to 0.77 for diabetes, while the highest FL was found for Oxalis corniculata (91.8), followed by Fumaria indica (91), and Datura innoxia (90). The highest rank order priority (ROP) was reported for Otostegia limbata (212.8), followed by Lindenbergia indica (205.2).Conclusions: The diversity of medicinal plant taxa and their association with traditional knowledge has huge importance in primary healthcare systems. Most of the people in the study area were dependent on therapeutic taxa for the treatment of many disorders such as curing whooping cough, snake bite, anemia, psoriasis, and tooth decay.

“…The highest FL value was recorded for Anaphalis nepalensis to treat leucorrhea followed by Citrullus colocynthis to treat amenorrhea, Conyza canadensis which is used to treat uterine hemorrhage, and Terminalia chebula as lactiferous, respectively. Likewise, results have been recorded by Saqib et al (2018) and Arif et al (2021). The highest FIV values within the study area were Asteraceae followed by Amaranthaceae, Apiaceae, Acanthaceae, and Apocyanaceae, respectively.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Quantitative ethno-gynecological survey of traditional medicinal plants from Punjab province, Pakistan

Zareef,

Sarim,

Qureshi

2023

Background:The purpose of the present study was to document quantitative indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants used for treating various gynecological disorders by the herbalist (Hakeem) and traditional communities of selected rural areas of Punjab, Pakistan. Materials and Methods:The study was conducted from February 2022 to January 2023. During the research work, the use of medicinal plants and their medicinal uses for curing gynecological disorders were recorded by interviewing 600 informants of different age groups (20-85 years) via semi-structured interviews.Results: In all, 60 therapeutic plants belonging to 15 families were recorded that were used by the traditional communities of study areas for the cure of various kinds of gynecological disorders. Among families, Asteraceae was the largest that contributed 17 species. The dominant life form was herbs (39 species) and the mostly used plant part was whole plant (14 species). The highest Relative Frequency Citation (RFC) was recorded for Anethum graveolens (0.96). Similarly, the highest Use Value (0.98) was recorded for Amaranthus caudatu,s Amaranthus angustifolius and the lowest (0.33) for Justicia adhatoda. Likewise, the highest Fidelity Level (FL) was recorded for Anaphalis nepalensis (100%) which was used to treat leucorrhea, and the lowest FL was recorded for Oxystelma esculentum (41.94%) in treating gonorrhea. Family importance index (FIV) indicated that Asteraceae was the dominant (96.66) in the region for contributing medicinal plants, while Zingeberaceae was the lowest one (16.66). Conclusions:The selected sites being remote areas are devoid of basic health facilities, so the natives learnt about medicinal plants to treat human diseases including gynecological problems. The current research work illustrated that the inhabitants have good knowledge about native plants for treating gynecological disorders. This research can be used as a benchmark for future pharmacological studies to discover novel herbal medicines.