Herbal remedies of asthma in Thoubal District of Manipur in North East India

摘要

The present study deals with 44 plant species belonging to 24 families; they have been utilized as herbal medicines for curing asthma by several ethnic communities of Thoubal district of Manipur in North East India. The plants were collected from different parts of this district with the help of the local practitioners of Meitei, Meitei-pangal and Loi communities who follow the traditional methods for curing asthma.