Herbal Snake Bite Remedies of Irula Tribal People of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu

Senthilkumar, K.; Mathialagan, P.; Manivannan, C.

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.707.052

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“…A. indica was considered sacred for the majority of Hindu communities and it had an important place among the Irulas as 'Kanniamman' or the 'snake goddess' whom they ardently worshipped. Extensive samplings conducted over different seasons, would probably reveal additional information on the local plant species like Rauvolfia tetraphylla or Andrographis paniculata which have important ethnomedicinal usages(41)(42)(43)(44).…”

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Remnant vegetation in farmland - its significance in ethnobotany and local ecosystem

Dastidar¹,

Basu²,

Venkatraman³

et al. 2022

Plant Sci. Today

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This paper evaluated the structure of remnant vegetation (RV) in and around the farmlands of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu of Southern India, to understand its significance in the local ecosystem. Stratified quadrats along nine randomly selected transects were used for sampling vegetation. The study recorded 2495 specimens of 96 plant species under 43 families in 1848 quadrats (88 of 10 m × 10 m, 352 of 5 m × 5 m and 1408 of 1 m × 1 m dimensions) while there was a possibility of recording more species with better sampling efforts. To know the ethnobotanical uses of plants, interviews were conducted with local villagers and people belonging to the Irula tribe, and later the data were collated with published information. Sixty -six plant species were recorded with traditional uses in food, fodder, fuel, condiment and medicine. Prosopis juliflora, an alien invasive species, was a serious threat to the native flora since higher P. juliflora abundance was associated with declining diversity of other plants. The study found that the absence of monitoring and management protocols leading to uncontrolled propagation of invasive species could cause potential damage to the region’s dry evergreen forests, which were often located near the farmlands.

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Remnant vegetation in farmland - its significance in ethnobotany and local ecosystem

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Venkatraman³

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“…For other major disorders such as heart, uterus, kidney, dental, ear, nose throat diseases, very minimum species of medicinal plants were used as ailments. About 94 species were used as antivenom and antidote for snake bite, scorpion bite and other venomous insects (Ramachandran, Nair, 1981;Rajan et al 2002;Gnanavel, Jose, 2014;Senthilkumar et al 2018).…”

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Ethnomedicinal plants used by Irula tribe in Tamil Nadu, India: A review

Selvaraj,

Chingath Ramanunni,

Ponnusamy

et al. 2023

AUPCStudiaNaturae

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Irulas are one of the dominant tribal communities in Southern India. The ethnobotanical knowledge used for medicinal purposes and daily food utilised by the indigenous community from Tamil Nadu, India was reviewed and presented. All the available literature, articles, reports, books and websites were reviewed for the present work. A total of 60 published records were found on ethnobotany and medicinal plants of Irulas starting from 1980 to 2023 from Tamil Nadu which was reviewed and analysed here. In this review, about 34 publications were represented from the Coimbatore district as a major contribution and 11 from Nilgiris district. A total of 663 species and 462 genera belonging to 121 families were used by the Irulas community from Tamil Nadu state. Overall, 15 major broad-type disorders were categorised for the utilisation of plant species under different ailments and diseases. About 417 species were consumed for general health purposes and disorders of fever, cold, cough, headache, migraine, cuts, wounds, and body pain, followed by 288 species for gastrointestinal and 177 species for dermatological disorders. The present review on ethnomedicinal plants provides updated valuable information and amend on the traditional folk medicine and daily food utilised by the indigenous tribe of Tamil Nadu. The ethnobotanical data could play a major role in the medicinal plant of RET species conservation. Also, this will serve as a great potential value for the locals and urban environment.

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“…They are the second-largest tribal community in Tamil Nadu. The Irulas are not living on the hills but depend on the forest for their traditional activities (Senthilkumar et al 2018). The primary aim of this research was to evaluate the richness of the ethnomedicinal plant species used by the Irulas in Manar beat through quantitative analysis and to undertake an ethnobiological assessment of the socio-cultural background and medical understanding of diseases treated by traditional healers of the Irulas through quantitative ethnobotanical methods.…”

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Integration of Ethnobotany and Diversity of Medicinal Plants in Manar Beat, Karamadai Range of the Western Ghats, India

2022

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The present study was carried out among the inhabitants of "Irulas", a tribe settled in the Manar beat of Karamadai Range, the Western Ghats, to make a documentary on the medicinal plants with quantitative scrutiny for the treatment of various human ailments. Systematic and exhaustive field survey was carried out over two years. Acquired data were analyzed by using Use Value (UV), Informant Consensus Factor (ICF) and Fidelity Level (FL). In total, 252 plant species representing 191 genera belonging to 76 families were identified and addressed by the tribe under 13 major disease categories. Euphorbiaceae was one of the wide-spread family, including 7.5% (19 species). Leaves were the most frequently used plant parts and most of the medicines were prepared in the form of decoction (62%). Among all, Capparis grandiflora was reported with UV of 0.96 and skeleto-muscular system disorders have the highest ICF of 0.76. The high FL (100%) was for 12 species. This study documents eight plant species recorded for therapeutic use in the Karamadai range for the first time. The present study is the first quantitative survey with the traditional use of medicinal plants in this region, also will help in the conservation of this invaluable inheritance. Plants with the highest use values in the study are suggested to take-up pharmacological activities in the future that result in the development of potential drugs to treat various ailments.

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Herbal Snake Bite Remedies of Irula Tribal People of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu

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Remnant vegetation in farmland - its significance in ethnobotany and local ecosystem

Remnant vegetation in farmland - its significance in ethnobotany and local ecosystem

Ethnomedicinal plants used by Irula tribe in Tamil Nadu, India: A review

Integration of Ethnobotany and Diversity of Medicinal Plants in Manar Beat, Karamadai Range of the Western Ghats, India

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