Ethnomedicinal survey of Bahadurgarh sub-division, District Jhajjar, Haryana, India
Priya1, Priya Kadiyan2, Navneet Kumari3, Surender Kumar4 and Surender Singh Gulia5*
1,2Department of Botany, All India Jat Heroes Memorial College, Rohtak-124001 (India) 3Department of Botany, Baba Mast Nath University Rohtak-124001 (India) 4,5Department of Botany,Pt. Nekiram Sharma Government College Rohtak, Haryana (India) Corresponding Author: Dr Surender Singh Gulia Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Botany Pt. NRS Govt. College, Rohtak, Haryana, Pin-124001 Email: guliasurender200@gmail.com Cell: 9050225352
ABSTRACT
The present study was conducted for documenting the detailed ethnomedicinal plants information of an unexplored area of Haryana. A floristic and ethnomedicinal survey was carried out from 2018 to 2019 in Bahadurgarh block of district Jhajjar, Haryana, India. In present study, we have discussed ethnomedicinal uses, mode of administration, doses and duration of 64 medicinal plant species belonging to 60 genera of 40 families for treating human ailments. The dominating families were Fabaceae, Asteraceae followed by Solanaceae andAmaranthaceae. The most commonly used plant parts in herbal preparations were leaves (33.13%), and fruit (14.20%) followed by other parts of the plants. The documented plants were useful in treatment of various diseases viz. pain relief, cough, jaundice, diarrhea, diabetes, menstrual disorders, skin infections, respiratory disorders, digestive disorders, urinary disorders, fever, toothache, rheumatism, headache, pile, arthritis, kidney disorder and some other simple ailments. Further, the findings presented in this article are preliminary and needs further authentication, but these findings can form important criteria for identification of new and effective drugs through further scientific studies.