Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol. 5(3), July 2006, pp. 362-367 Household remedies of Keshavraipatan tehsil in Bundi district, Rajasthan Diksha Shekhawat* & Amla Batra Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 302 004, Rajasthan E-mail:
[email protected] Received 8 February 2005; revised 22 August 2005 The paper presents ethnomedicinal remedies for joints pain, arthritis, diabetes, asthma, swollen gums, dermatitis, ear, eye and hair problems, pneumonia, hypo-pigmentation, snakebite, scorpion bite, piles, mouth sore, dysentery, gastric and urinary problems, jaundice, whooping cough, bone fracture, swelling, cardiac and liver problems, etc. practiced by rural population of Keshavraipatan tehsil of Bundi district. In all, 54 plant species belonging to 35 families used in the treatment have been enumerated giving botanical and local names, mode of preparation, dosage and usages. Key words: Ethnomedicine, Folk medicine, Household remedies, Bundi district, Medicinal plants, Rajasthan IPC Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/00, A61P1/02, A61P1/08, A61P1/10, A61P1/16, A61P5/00, A61P5/50, A61P9/14, A61P11/00, A61P11/06, A61P17/00, A61P17/02, A61P17/04, A61P17/08, A61P19/00, A61P27/14, A61P27/16, A61P29/00, A61P29/02, A61P31/02, A61P35/00, A61P37/08 Ethnobotany is the study of people of particular Methodology culture and region, making use of indigenous plants1-3. Ethnobotanical field work was carried out in Many of today's drugs are derived from plant sources. different villages of tehsil, Chautra ka kheda, Jhali ji Plants have been used in medicine throughout the ka barana, Nayagaon, Borda ka Chiyan, Kapren, world and still continue to occupy an important Arnia, Dotana, Jhuwasa, Rangrajpura, Pipalada to place in traditional as well as modern system of collect information on ethnomedicinal uses of plants medicine4-10.