ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, INDIGENOUS COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES OF SOME FREQUENTLY USED MEDICINAL PLANTS OF UTROR AND GABRAL, DISTRICT SWAT, PAKISTAN

Authors

  • Muhammad Hamayun
  • Sumera Afzal
  • Mir Ajab Khan

Keywords:

Medicinal plants, Folk recipes, Hindukush-Himalayas

Abstract

An ethnomedicinal study was conducted in the remote Hindukush-Himalayan valleys of Utror and Gabral, during which 36 common folk medicinal recipes of the area were documented. The indigenous methods of medicinal plants collection and their further processing were also explored. It was also observed that huge quantities of valuable medicinal plants are lost every year due to lack of proper collection, cleaning, packing and storage techniques on the part of local collectors.

Author Biographies

Muhammad Hamayun

Govt. Degree College Kotha, District Swabi, Pakistan

Sumera Afzal

Centre of Biotechnology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

Mir Ajab Khan

Department of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan

Downloads

Published

2006-01-12

How to Cite

Hamayun, M., Afzal, S., & Khan, M. A. (2006). ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, INDIGENOUS COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES OF SOME FREQUENTLY USED MEDICINAL PLANTS OF UTROR AND GABRAL, DISTRICT SWAT, PAKISTAN. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 3(2), 57–73. Retrieved from https://athmsi.org/journals/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/78

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2006)

Section

Research Papers

License

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution CC.

This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials. View License Deed | View Legal Code Authors can also self-archive their manuscripts immediately and enable public access from their institution's repository. This is the version that has been accepted for publication and which typically includes author-incorporated changes suggested during submission, peer review and in editor-author communications.