Thamizharetthum Sri Manavala Maamuni
Thamizharetthum Sri Manavala Maamuni
Thamizharetthum Sri Manavala Maamuni
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Br. exker Gaul. Root: The root of A. odoratissimus is a Chinese folk remedy
for malaria.
5. Atalantia Rutaceae Kattu Elumichai Leaves, Leaves: A decoction of the leaves is applied in itch and
monophylla L. root and other cutaneous complaints.
bark Roots: The roots possess anti-spasmodic, stimulant and
resolvent properties and used rheumatism and swelling.
6. Bauhinia Caesalpiniaceae Eruvachi Flower, Flower: The juice of the flowers is used to treat diarrhoea,
tomentosa L. root and dysentery and other stomach disorders.
bark Root: The fresh root with water and made a paste and
gives orally or the fresh roots given to cure antidote to
snake bites.
Bark: The juice of the bark is drank for treatment of cuts
and wounds and skin diseases, scrofula and ulcers.
7. Caesalpinia bonduc Caesalpiniaceae Kalichchikkai Leaves, Leaves: Leaves and bark is used for treatment of febrifuge
(Linn.) Roxb. fruits, and and antiperiodic.
seeds Fruits: Fruits are used as tonic and antipyretic.
Seeds: Fatty oil extracted from the seeds is used as a
cosmetic and for discharges from the ear.
8. Calophyllum Clusiaceae Punnai Seeds The nut should be well dried before cracking after which
inophyllum L. the oil-laden kernel should be for the dried.
The seed oil meets all the major boil-diesel requirements in
the United States.
Medicinal use or hair greese active ingredients in the oil to
regenerate the tissue and an ingredients in skin creams.
9. Cardiospermum Sapindaceae Kattu mutakathan Whole Various parts of the plant can be extracted to provide
luridum (Bl.) plant laxative, emetic and diuretic, joint pain effects etc.
Adelb. Leaves can be made into medic pulmonary complications.
10. Cassia alata L. Caesalpiniaceae Vandukolli Leaves The leaves are ground in a mortar to obtain a kind of “green
cotton wool”. This is mixed with the equal amount of
vegetable oil then rubbed on the affected area 2-3 times a
day. A fresh preparation is made every day.
Senna alata is often called the ringworm bush because of its
very effective fungicidal properties, for treating ringworm
and other fungal infections of the skin.
11. Cassia fistula L. Fabaceae Sarakkondri Whole The leaves for erysipelas, malaria, rheumatism and ulcers.
plant The buds for biliousness, constipation, fever, leprosy and
skin disease.
The fruit as anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, purgative and
good for chest complaints.
Ayurvedic medicine recognizes the seed as antibilious,
aperitif, carminative and laxative.
The root for adenopathy, burning sensations, leprosy, skin
diseases, syphilis and tubercular glands.
12. Chrysopogon Poaceae Vettiver Roots Dried roots are mixed with coconut oil to reduce the
zizanioides (L.) dandruff, and hair falling.
Roberty. Dried roots are used for cosmetics, perfumes and
aromatherapy, soaps, lotions, creams to cure for wounds
acne and irritating skins.
The roots internally used to cure nervous and circulatory
problems, externally used to cure all around tonic bath, to
ease muscle pains, as well as treatment for lice.
13. Coleus forskohlii Laminaceae Maruthuvacoorgan Whole The leaf is used as an expectorant, ernmenagogue and
(Briq.) plant diuretic.
The tubers are prepared as pickle and eaten. Ayurvedic
systems of medicine, the plant has been used for treating heart
diseases, respiratory disorder, asthma, intestinal disorders,
etc.
The plant is also used for veterinary purposes.
14. Commelina Commelinaceae Kanavazhai Whole The whole plant used to cure a medicinal herb, that is said
benghalensis Linn. plant to have diuretic, febrifungal and anti-inflammatory effects.
It is used to cure swellings of the skin, leprosy and laxative.
15. Curculigo Amaryllidaceae Nilapanankilengu Leaves, Leaves: The peel is remedy for dysentery and is eaten to
orchioides shoots overcome halitosis. The distilled juice is given as a
(Gaertn.) sedative. The leaf juice, combined with that of Polygonum
and Indigofera is taken after childbirth. A leaf infusion is
given as an antispasmodic.
Shoots: A decoction of the shoots of wild plant is
administered to improve appetite, relieve stomachache and
expel intestinal worms.
16. Datura fastulosa L. Solanaceae Karuoomathai Leaves, Leaves: The leaves or juice of it, is consumed make the
flower person dumb (unable to speak).
Flower: The dry flower, particularly the violet coloured, if
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rolled and used like cigar, will help to relieve the asthma or
wheezing like symptoms.
17. Ficus racemosa Moraceae Atteeka Bark, root, According to Ayurveda, roots are useful in hydrophobia
Roxb. latex and whereas bark is acrid, cooling, galactogogue and good for
fruits gynaecological disorders.
Fruits are astringent to bowels, styptic, tonic and useful in
the treatment of leucorrhoea, blood disorders, etc.
According to Unani system of medicine, leaves are
astringent to bowels and good in case of bronchitis
whereas, fruits are useful in treatment of dry cough, loss of
voice diseases of kidney and spleen. Bark is useful in
asthma and piles. Latex is applied externally on caronic
infected wounds to alleviate edema, pain and to promote
the healing.
18. Guizotia abyssinica Asteraceae Malai ellu Seeds Seed oil is used reduce the body heat to cure the
(L.f.) cass. stomachache.
The oil from the seed is used in the treatment of
rheumatism, it is applied to treat burns.
A paste of the seeds is applied as a poultice in the treatment
of scabies, antirheumatic parasiticide and poultice.
19. Gymnema sylvestre Asclepiadaceae Sirukurinchan Leaves, Leaf powder is mixed with cow’s milk and taken orally to
R. Br. root treat diabetes.
A powder of the dried leaves is used to reduce the sugar
level of the blood.
The root powder is taken orally and also applied on the
bitter spot to treat snakebite.
20. Hardwickia binata Fabaceae Achan Bark Tannins from the bark are used to produce medicines for
Roxb. the treatment of diarrhoea, worms, indigestion and leprosy.
These tannins also produce an appetizer.
21. Holoptelea Ulmaceae Aya Whole The leaves and bark are used in treating, oedema, diabetes,
integrifolia (Roxb.) plant leprosy and other skin diseases, intestinal disorders, piles
Planch. and spruce.
Seed and paste of stem bark is used in treating ringworm.
22. Limonia acidissima Rutaceae Vilam pazham Leaves, Leaves: The leaves are aromatic and carminative. Leaves,
L. fruits bark, roots and fruit pulp are all used against snakebite.
The pulp is poulticed onto bites and stings of venomous
insects, as it the powered rind.
Fruit: The fruit is much used in India as a liver and cardiac
tonic, and when curipe, as an astringent means of halting
diarrhea and dysentery and effective treatment for
hiccough, sore throat and diseases of the gums.
23. Madhuca indica Sapotaceae Elupai Flowers, Flowers: Flower juice is used in the treatment of
Gmel. seed, bark enlargement of axillary grand, neurotic disorder and taken
with cow’s milk as an aphrodisiac, in cough and bronchitis.
Seeds: Seed paste is applied to curve muscle fatigue and
relieve pain in the muscle and joints to improve the texture
and vigor of skin.
Bark: Bark decoction is used in curing bleeding gums and
ulcers.
24. Marsilea Marsileaceae Aarakeerai Leaves A juice made from the leaves is diuretic and febrifuge. It is
quadrifolia L. also used to treat snakebite and applied abscesses.
25. Melia dubia Meliaceae Malayvembu Leaves, Leaves paste is applied topically on the body to treat small
Willd.Cav. seeds pox, rheumatism and skin diseases. The young twigs are
used as toothbrush to develop strong teeth.
The common diseases are diarrhoea, dysentery, whooping cough plants. Since, time immemorial these plants have been used by the
and malaria. Plant species, which used in traditional medicines are inhabitants of tribals in curing diverse ailments such as fever,
enumerated with their description, botanical and vernacular names, constipation, leprosy, asthma, bronchitis, anaemia, etc. The plant
family and uses of the plant parts in the various treatments and selected for the present study also exhibit interesting folk medicinal
mode applications. uses. They are used to cure stomachache, fever, chest pain, worm
DISCUSSIONS troubles, tooth diseases and amoebiasis (Dagar and Singh, 1999).
In India about 7300 plant species are used in traditional health care In the present study was carried out in six villages of Jawadhu hill’s.
systems such as Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and folk healing practices. The name of the area “Jawadhu Hills” is derived from sandalwood in
The booming of traditional medicine industry results in an the forest, as Jawadhu means the dry remains of sandalwood after
increasing demand on medicinal plant products. 90% of the the extraction of oil. In the year of 1985, a separate tribal Panchayat
medicinal plants come from natural habitats. The declining union was formed for sectoral development of tribal community.
availability of such plants and the fading of local traditional The cultural background of the Malayalis can be traced back to the
knowledge make the sustainable management of natural culture from the Pallava dynasty of medieval period, as the tribals
habitats a crucial environmental issue in South India, concerning identify themselves as the descendents of Pallava dynasty. The
biodiversity conservation and welfare of local communities.The Jawadhu hills come under the Taluk of Polur in the Thiruvannamalai
luxuriant flora of Jawadhu Hill’s include a large number of medicinal
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district of Tamil Nadu. Jawadhu hill’s comprise mostly of hilly forests scientifically. During scientific evaluation, the process of
and come under the national reserved forests of the Government of India. biopromosing using High Throughput Screening (HTS) is considered
an advanced method. Since this technique enables screening of
The present study was made to selected ethnomedicinal plants to thousands of plant samples in a short time.
screen the tribal Malayalis people of Jawadhu hill’s against human
pathogeneric, bacterial and fungal diseases. Herbal remedies play a CONCLUSION
fundamental role in traditional medicine in some tribal people of
rural regions in Tamil Nadu. The medicinal plants are often used as This study shows that knowledge and usage of herbal medicine for
the therapeutic agents as antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and in treatment the treatment of various ailments among Jawadhu hills tribals is still
of infections, diseases including candidiasis and dermatophytes a major part of their life and culture. They use forest plants, weeds,
(Shahidi, 2004). fruit plants, vegetables, spices, ornamental plants, ferns and many
others as traditional medicine. Although many of these species are
Tribal people of the Jawadhu hill’s in Thiruvannamalai district have known as medicinal plants, others are mainly used for non-
strong relations with their surrounding environment.Therefore, the medicinal purposes such as preparing agricultural implements.
indigenous people have not forgotten their age-old ethnicity and Santalum album, Terminalia bellirica, Cassia fistula, Gymnema
traditions. Knowledge about medicinal plants, which are used in sylvestre, Melia dubia and Rauvolfia tetraphylla are the leading
their daily life against various ailments still lies with them. species used as remedies against a variety of complaints.
The data collected show that majority of the remedies are taken
The present investigation highlights the age-old traditional orally. Most of the reported preparations are drawn from a single
knowledge about some medicinal plants used as remedy by the plant; mixtures are used rarely. In other parts of the country, the use
tribal people of Jawadhu hill’s. Fifty plant species belonging 29 of mixtures of plant species in treating a particular ailment is fairly
families of angiosperms were enumerated. Of these 46% trees, 36% common. Generally, the people of the study area still have a strong
herbs, 10% climbers and 8% shrubs. Many plant species belonging belief in the efficacy and success of herbal medicine. The results of
to families of Fabaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Verbenaceae and the present study provide evidence that medicinal plants continue to
Combretaceae are frequently used. play an important role in the health care system of this tribal
Santalum album (sandalwood) has various and generally not well (Malayalis) community in Jawadhu hills of Tami Nadu.
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