Ethnobotanical study related to Diarrhea and Dysentery in Aligarh district, U.P., India

The importance of medicinal plants in traditional healthcare practices, providing clues to new areas of research and in biodiversity conservation is now well recognized. However, information on the uses of plants for medicine is lacking from many interior areas of Aligarh district. Ethnobotanical studies were carried out in different areas of Aligarh district. This paper documents the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants that are in uses for curing Diarrhea and Dysentery by local people, vaidhya etc. During ethnobotanical studry, 38 species of medicinal plants, belonging to 37 genera under 26 families are used as phytoremedy. The mode of administration of different plant species for treatment of diarrhea and dysentery are presented here with their family and local name.