Savithramma N, Sulochana Ch, Rao K N
Department of Botany, S.V. University, Tirupati 517502, Andhra Pradesh, India.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2007 Aug 15;113(1):54-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.04.004. Epub 2007 Apr 24.
Tribal and non-tribal inhabitants of Andhra Pradesh used nearly 80 medicinal plants for treating asthma. The tribal people have a strong faith and belief in the traditional health care system, through herbal treatment. Plant species are generally used along with other materials and plant products in different combinations to effective cure. Herbalists reported that plant ingredients are used in the form of dry powder, decoction and juice in the treatment of asthma. The knowledge of most asthma drug plants used in herbal treatment and their method of using them are confined to some of the local healers. Some of the plants mentioned by local healers however, are extensively used nationally in the preparation of Ayurvedic medicines including those to treat asthma. Clinical and pharmacological data are available for these plants. Most of the plants used for treating asthma by local herbalists appear not to have been recorded hitherto.
安得拉邦的部落和非部落居民使用近80种药用植物治疗哮喘。部落居民对传统医疗体系有着坚定的信念，通过草药治疗。植物物种通常与其他材料和植物产品以不同组合使用，以实现有效治愈。草药医生报告说，在哮喘治疗中，植物成分以干粉、煎剂和汁液的形式使用。大多数用于草药治疗哮喘的药用植物的知识及其使用方法仅限于一些当地治疗师。然而，当地治疗师提到的一些植物在全国范围内被广泛用于制备阿育吠陀药物，包括治疗哮喘的药物。这些植物有临床和药理学数据。当地草药医生用于治疗哮喘的大多数植物迄今似乎尚未被记录。
