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<b style="">Folk medicines for some diseases prevalent in Lakhimpur district of Brahmaputra valley, Assam</b>

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Creator Kalita, Dilip
Deb, Bikash
 
Date 2010-04-12T05:17:14Z
2010-04-12T05:17:14Z
2006-08
 
Identifier 0975-1092 (Online); 0972-592X (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7960
 
Description 319-322
An attempt has been made to prepare a list of folk medicines invariably used by <i style="">Bejes</i> (medicine men) and <i style="">Bejinis</i> (medicine women) for treating 10 different diseases namely abdominal pain, abscess, allergy, amebiasis, asthma, backache, fungal infection of nail, lice control, piles and pinworm infection which are prevalent in some rural areas of Lakhimpur district of Brahmaputra valley, Assam. Information on twenty two plant species is given in this paper for further studies.
 
Language en_US
 
Publisher CSIR
 
Relation <b>Int. cl.<sup>7</sup></b> — A61K 35/78
 
Source NPR Vol.5(4) [July-August 2006]
 
Subject Folk medicines
<i style="">Bejes</i>
<i style="">Bejinis</i>
Brahmaputra valley
Barak valley
Lakhimpur
Assam
 
Title <b style="">Folk medicines for some diseases prevalent in Lakhimpur district of Brahmaputra valley, Assam</b>
 
Type Article