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Available Online at http://www.journalajst.com ASIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISSN: 0976-3376 Asian Journal of Science and Technology Vol. 4, pp.081- 085, August, 2010 RESEARCH ARTICLE TIME TESTED HOUSHOLD HERBAL REMEDIES FROM NANDED AND BEED DIST. Kachare S.V.*, Suryawanshi S.R.**, Raut K.S.*** *Department of Botany, Late L.D.M.M., Parli-Vaijnath, Beed-431515, India **Department of Chemistry, Vaidyanath college, Parli-Vaijnath, Beed-431515, ***Department of Zoology, Late L.D.M.M. Parli-Vaijnath, Beed- 431515. Received 13th May, 2010; Received in revised form; 24th June, 2010; Accepted 30th June, 2010; Published online 16th August, 2010 The present work deals with household remedies for some common diseases. For this an ethno-botanical survey was undertaken in Nanded and Beed districts. Authors have collected traditional data regarding house hold remedies from rural regions of both Districts,such as Dharmapuri, Saradgaon, Ambajogai ,Parli-Vaijnath in Beed District, Tuppa, Loni, Daheli, Anandwadi, Mahur, Kinwatin Nanded district. For data collection different methods were used such as interviews, recording, videography ,paper evidents etc, which provided their knowledge for effective remedies used regularly ‘Decoction’ of Andrographis panicalata Nees. taken orally to cure Deworming Mamordica charentia and Syzigium cumini Linn. For bring down blood suger. Key words: Time tested herbal remedies; Nanded and Beed Districts, Jantas ,Diseases. © Copy Right, AJST, 2010 Academic Journals. All rights reserved. INTRODUCTION Due to many side effects of drugs of medical science and The population of Nanded district is 28.68 Lakhs their high cost, the traditional medicines are being used all Considering the scarcity of work done on ethnobotany of over the world. Botanically derived medicines have this region the present study was carried out to document played a major role in human society throughout history some herbal remedies used by tribal from Beed and Nanded districts. and prehistory. (Lewis and Elvin-lewis 2003). In America, there seems to be an unparallel green wave METERIALS AND METHODS of lay interest in herbs and natural plant medicines. (Tyler The ethnobotanical study was conducted in June2007- 1986). Plant products worth about 5,000 million are sold May 2008. The information was collected through in developed countries (Parikh 1991). This wave is extensive field trips in rural region of Beed and Nanded discernible in India by fast developing herbal industries. Districts. Where the Jantas/healers resided. Regular visits In rural communities therefore medicinal plants obtained in Beed district selected sites were arranged at from within the community where they grown in gardens. Dharmapuri, Saradgaon, Parli –Vaijnath, Ambajogai and The country had around 0.4 million registered Saradgaon , from Naded Kinwat, Mahur, Tuppa, practitioners which had been medicine supported by 5000 Badnapur, Anandwadi, Daheli, Loni etc. Survey was licensed medicine manufacturing units which produce carried out from different information collection methods drugs worth 3400 million annually (Gupta 1986). It through interviews, group discussion and questionnaires. would therefore, be prudent to have a look at the fast The help of local medicinal practicener’s also taken depleting data on time tested household remedies. For this voucher specimens were collected relevant data recorded the survey carried out in Beed and Nanded districts. in field note book. The specimens were identified using Beed district is situated in Marathwada on the edge of different floras (Naik V.N. 1998, 1979; Maheshwari J.K. ‘Bindusara’ river at Balaghat hills. It lies between 18.28 to 1980, 1989; 400) 19.28 north latitude and 74.54 to 76.57 E longitudes. The Among 75 plants species being belonging to 48 population of district is 21 Lake 59 thousand 891 from families the ethno medicinal value of only 75 plant species that 82% peoples live in villages and 18% People live in which are used as house hold remedies is presented in cities. Nanded district is situated on the edges of Table 1. ‘Godawari’ river lies between 19.09 North and 77.27 E. *Corresponding author: [email protected] 082 Asian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 4, pp.081-085, August, 2010 Binomials, Family vernacular Mode of preparation / Name of Jantas name Administration With Place of practice. [ Zingiber officinale Rosc. Rhizome extract with honey Khanapurkar Mohamad Abdul (Zingiberaceae) ‘Adrak’ especially to cure cough and cold Razalk, At. Degloor Dist : Nanded Piper longum Linn. (Piperaceae) Dried fruit powder taken with P. Baswaraj ‘Pippali’ honey to cure cough and cold At. Parali-Vaijnath Dist : Beed Terminalia belerica Linn, Dried fruit powder taken orally to P. R. Munde (Combrataceae) ‘Behda’ cure cough and cold At. Saradgaon, Dist : Beed Curcuma longa L. (Zingiberaceae) Rhizome extract boiled with milk Madawi N. R. ‘Haldi’ and taken at bed time to cure At. Mahur, Dist : Nanded cough and cold Piper betle L. (Piperaceae) ‘Pan’ Leaves with catechu and carum Patil D. H. seeds to cure cough and cold At. Kinwat, Dist : Nanded Aloe vera (L.) Burn. F. (Liliaceae) Whole plant extract with Patil D. H. ‘Korephad’ Curcuma longa Linn. Taken at. Kinwat, Dist : Nanded orally to cure cough and cold Adhatoda vassica Nees. Leaf extract one teaspoonful with Baba Khadeshwari (Acanthaceae) ‘Adulsaa’ salt one teaspoonful, taken at bed At. Daheli Tanda Dist : time to cure cough Nanded Allium cepa L. (Liliaceae) ‘Piyaj’ Fresh plant part cutting, grinding Madawi M. R. and then filtering though cloths At Daheli, Dist : Nanded (‘Swaras’) given orally to cure cough and cold Moringa oleigofera Linn. Take few leaves of this tree and Puri S. H. (Moringaceae) ‘Shevga’ squeeze with a little salt on the At Dharmapuri, Dist : Beed plam. Add some lime and apply around the neck to cure cough and cold Ocimum sanctum Linn, (Lamiaceae) Tea with ginger black paper and Mohanlal Gupta ‘Tulsi’ swaras with honey to cure cough At Mahur, Dist.Nanded and cold Momordica charentia L. Swaras taken orally to cure Kadam V. T. At Beed (Cucurbitaceae) ‘Karlle’ ‘Diabetes’ Syzygium cumini Linn. (Myrtaceae) Seed powder taken with warm Gutte M. G. ‘Jamun’ water in the morning to cure At Mahur, Dist : Nanded Diabetes Gymnema sylvester (Retz.) sch. Meshasingi dried leaf powder Baraskar A. M. (Asclepiadiaceae) taken with water cure ‘Diabetes’ At Nandurves, Dist : Beed Ficus bengalensis Linn. (Moraceae) ‘Decoction’ of young roots, taken Magare K. R. ‘Vad’ with sugar for 3 days to cure At Daheli Dist : Nanded ‘Diabetes’ Tinospora cordifolia Linn. Dried leaf powder with Syzigium Mohanlal Gupta (Menispermaceae) ‘Gullwel’ cumini Linn. Skeels. and At Mahur, Dist : Nanded Mamordica charentia Linn. Leaf powder of all this mixture taken with warm water 3 times a day to cure Diabetes Andrographis paniculata Nees. Used to cure ‘Diabetes’ R. S. Madawi (Acanthaceae) ‘Kalmegh’ ‘Decoction’ of leaves taken orally At Mahur, Dist : Nanded to cure ‘Diabetes’ Punica granatum L. (Punicaceae) Root powder with honey to cure Patil D. H. ‘Dalimb’ Deworming. At Loni Dist : Nanded Carica papaya Linn. (Caricaceae) Milky latex 3 teaspoonful with Sharma S. D. ‘Papaya’ honey 3 teaspoonful equally add At Kinwat, Dist : Nanded warm water taken orally to cure ‘Deworming’ Areca catechu Linn. (Are caceae) Bark of fruit removed then it Sharma S. D. ‘Supari’ powdered taken with water to At Kinwat, Dist : Nanded cure Deworming Cont…… Kachare et al., Time tested houshold herbal remedies from nanded and beed dist. 083 Allium cepa Linn. (Liliaceae) ‘Piyaj’ Swaras of the bulb at intervals of Mukhedkar S. K. 2-3 hrs. to cure ‘Dysentery’ At Degloor Dist : Nanded Bauhinia purpurea Linn. ‘Decoction’ of bark given orally Narwade G. B. (Caesalpiniaceae) ‘Tanki’ to cure ‘Dysentery’ At Tuppa Dist : Nanded Begonia inflata Clarke. (Begoniaceae) ‘Decoction’ of whole plant given Abdul Sattar ‘Banbegania’ orally to cure ‘Dysentery’ At Mahur Dist : Nanded Mangifera indica Linn. (Anacar Mesocarpe of fruit and seed K. R. Magare diaceae) powder 49gm taken with honey At Kinwat Dist : Nanded thrice a day to cure ‘Dysentery” Syzigium cumini Linn. (Myrtaceae) i) Bark of tree 30gm added into Pathan Sarwarkhaa F. ‘Jamun’ water boiled till it becomes a At Sardgaon, Dist : Beed half add ghee and sugar, taken twice a day to cure ‘Dysentery’ Holarrhena pubescens Wall ex. Decoction of bark taken orally to Sharma P. S. (Apocynaceae) ‘Khirra’ cure ‘Dysentery’ At Parali –Vaijnath Dist : Beed Psidium guajava Linn. (Myrtaceae) Tender leaves are made into a Rode Sitaram Sopan ‘Guava’ paste given orally to cure At Paralivaijnath Dist : Beed Dysentery. Terminalia elliptica Willd. Juice of fresh bark given orally Chate Ram Audaji at. Khapertone (Combretaceae) to cure Dysentery. Tal. Ambajogai Dist : Beed Terminalia paniculata Roth. Fresh bark juice mixed with Munde B. V. (Combretaceae) ‘Kindal’ large quantity of water and given At saradgaon Dist : Beed orally to cure ‘Dysentery.’ Halarrheno antidysenterica Wall. A glassful to root decoction is Nirale G. V. (Apocynaceae) ‘Naagakuda’ taken twice a day for 2-3 days to At Parli-Vaijnath Dist : Beed cure fever Curcuma longa L. (Zingiberaceae) ‘Decoction’ of rhizome taken at Patil D. H. ‘Haldi’ Turmeric bed time to cure fever At Loni, Dist : Nanded Ocimum sanctum L (Lamiaceae) ‘Decoction’ of leaves with piper Pawar P. T. ‘Tulsi’ nigrum ‘Golmirch’ Black pepper At Dist : Nanded (piperaceae) Zingiber officinale ‘Rosc, Decoction of all these with little salt is good for maleria Swertia chirayita Karst. ‘Decoction’ of leaves taken Phad E. N. (Gentianaceae) ‘Chirayita’ orally to cure fever At Parli-Vaijnath Dist : Beed Lantana camera Linn. (Verbenaceae) Leaves extract mixed with water Pujari K. N. ‘Njandukali’ bathing with this water cures At Dharmapuri, Dist : Nanded fever Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. Juice for entire plant given orally Rangade V. R. (Asteraceae) ‘Adackamaniyan’ incase of fever At Kinwat Dist : Nanded Litsea glutinusa (Loor) Robinson Bark of paste applied on body in Pujari K. N. (Lauraceae) ‘Kukur-Chita’ high fever. At Dharmapuri, Dist. Beed Zingiber officinale Rosc. Plant boiled in water and Rangade G.