title: Medical ethnobotany of the tribals of Sonaghati of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
abstract: The present ethnobotanical exploration study presents the folk medicinal uses of certain plants by tribes of the Sonbhadra district in the Uttar Pradesh state of India. One hundred and twenty five plants from 57 families, which are therapeutically used against different diseases, such as cough, cold, dysentery, diarrhoea, ulcers, diabetes, male and female weakness, snake-bite and skin disorders are covered in this report. Part of the plant used, dosage and the mode of drug administration in different ailments are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Raghubanshi
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D004333:Drug Administration Routes; D019448:Ethnobotany; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018514:Plant Structures; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts