Ethnobotanical study related to fever in Aligarh district (U.P.), India

Plants have been used as traditional medicine for several thousand years in the treatment of various diseases for human healthcare. Although, the different authors and workers have documented the uses of various medicinal plants from the different areas of India. Yet, the information on the ethnomedicinal plants medicine have been lacking from many interior areas of Aligarh district. The paper presents ethnomedicinal remedies for the treatment of fever. The paper highlights some less known ethnimedicinal practices related to 38 plant species in Aligarh district, U.P., India. The valuable information of these medicinal plants in traditional human healthcare practices; provide the new clues for new areas of research. Ethnobotanical studies were carried out to collect the ethnomedicinal informations from local people, vaidhya etc.