Survey in an around Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India for documentation of certain medicinal herbs useful in the treatment of deleterious effects of ground water arsenic toxicity by dietary supplementation with polyherbal preparation.

摘要

A survey was carried out in an around Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India with an aim to document the information regarding traditional uses of indigenous medicinal plant species. A total of 31 plant species belonging to 31 genera and 22 families were reported and documented for other therapeutic actions also along with their botanical, common and vernacular name, family, part used in the form of decoction, juice, paste, cinders and poultice by the Ayurvedic practitioners for the management as well as treatment of various generalized ailments. Local communities, especially, older people including women frequently use these locally available medicinal plants for their health and believe that these are harmless, less expensive and have no side effects. The pharmacognostic significance of these selected medicinal plants for the treatment of deleterious effects of ground water arsenic toxicity by dietary supplementation with polyherbal preparation is also reported.