Kosalge S B, Fursule R A
H.R. Patel Women's College of Pharmacy Shirpur, 425405 Dist.-Dhule, Maharashtra, India.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2009 Jan 30;121(3):456-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.11.017. Epub 2008 Nov 28.
The tribals residing in Satpuda hills are illiterate, socio-economically backward and still depend on medicinal plants for healthcare and for treatment of various diseases. The objective of the present study was to investigate ethnomedicinal claims of some distinctive medicinal plants utilized by Pawara tribal in the Satpuda hills. Methodology used to investigate ethnomedicinal claims include seasonwise field visits, collection of information from tribal medicine men (Badwa), patients and elderly person in and around study area. Similar use of plants told by minimum three Badwas were taken into consideration and cross-checked with eight elderly persons having traditional knowledge of plants and two to five patients who received treatment from Badwa. Present investigation revealed that tribals are regularly using 52 species of plants belonging to 36 families to cure diseases like skin disorders, burn, diarrhea, jaundice, mouth ulcer, fever, joint pain, abdominal pain, migraine, menstrual problems, urinary problems, wounds, dog bite, as anthelmintic and abortifacient. The study revealed 14 new ethnomedicinal uses of plants not reported previously in the literature and could help to find out new lead compounds for welfare of mankind under present day patent regime. Medicinal plant knowledge gained from tribals would be very useful for pharmacognosists and pharmacologists.
居住在萨特普拉山脉的部落居民目不识丁，社会经济落后，仍然依靠药用植物来维持健康和治疗各种疾病。本研究的目的是调查萨特普拉山脉帕瓦拉部落使用的一些独特药用植物的民族药用特性。用于调查民族药用特性的方法包括按季节进行实地考察，从部落药师（Badwa）、患者以及研究区域内外的老年人那里收集信息。至少三位Badwa提到的植物的类似用途会被纳入考虑，并与八位具有植物传统知识的老年人以及两到五位接受过Badwa治疗的患者进行交叉核对。目前的调查显示，部落居民经常使用36个科的52种植物来治疗皮肤病、烧伤、腹泻、黄疸、口腔溃疡、发烧、关节疼痛、腹痛、偏头痛、月经问题、泌尿系统问题、伤口、狗咬伤等疾病，还用作驱虫药和堕胎药。该研究揭示了14种植物新的民族药用用途，这些用途此前未在文献中报道过，并且在当今的专利制度下，有助于为人类福祉找到新的先导化合物。从部落居民那里获得的药用植物知识对生药学家和药理学家将非常有用。
