Department of PG Studies and Research in Applied Botany, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta 577 451, Shimoga Dist, Karnataka, India.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2009 Oct 29;126(1):64-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.08.010. Epub 2009 Aug 15.
The present paper aimed to document and study the role of traditional herbal drugs in the treatment of human and veterinary ailments by communities residing in the eastern part of Shimoga district of Karnataka in India and to determine the consensus of informant's knowledge on different category of ailments and fidelity level of plant species in treating particular disease.
The ethno-medico-botanical information was collected from herbal healers and knowledgeable elder people residing in 15 randomly selected villages using semi-structured interviews. The data were subjected to informant consensus factor (ICF) and fidelity level (FL) analyses.
Eighty-five plant species of 41 families used to treat 31 human and 10 veterinary ailments were documented. Those medicinal plants which are effective in the treatment of liver complaints category had high ICF (0.77) and the skin diseases and disorders category attracted low ICF (0.12). Certain medicinal plants like Cyclea peltata, Justicia adhatoda, Memecylon umbellatum, Phyllanthus amarus and Tabernaemontana alternifolia were assigned with high degree of FL (100%) value and certain species like Cassia fistula was assigned with very low FL (25%). Some of the noteworthy medicinal uses of plant species in the study area were not reported for such purposes in the previously published literature on ethnobotany.
The local communities residing in eastern part of Shimoga district depended on herbal formulations for the treatment of diseases and disorders that affected them and their animals, as well. A high ICF and FL values indicated the possible occurrence of valuable bioactive compounds in certain plants and such of these plants need scientific evaluation for their pharmacological activities.
本研究旨在记录和研究印度卡纳塔克邦希莫加区东部社区传统草药在治疗人类和兽医疾病中的作用，并确定不同类别疾病的信息提供者知识的一致性和治疗特定疾病的植物种类的保真度水平。
采用半结构式访谈，从居住在 15 个随机选择的村庄的草药治疗师和知识渊博的老年人那里收集民族医学植物学信息。对数据进行信息共识因子（ICF）和保真度水平（FL）分析。
记录了 85 种植物，属于 41 科，用于治疗 31 种人类疾病和 10 种兽医疾病。那些对治疗肝脏疾病有效的药用植物具有较高的 ICF（0.77），而皮肤病和疾病类别的 ICF 较低（0.12）。某些药用植物，如 Cyclea peltata、Justicia adhatoda、Memecylon umbellatum、Phyllanthus amarus 和 Tabernaemontana alternifolia，具有 100%的高 FL 值，而某些物种，如 Cassia fistula，FL 值非常低（25%）。在研究区域的植物物种中，一些值得注意的药用用途在以前发表的民族植物学文献中没有报道过这些用途。
居住在希莫加区东部的当地社区依赖草药制剂来治疗影响他们和他们的动物的疾病和疾病。高 ICF 和 FL 值表明某些植物中可能存在有价值的生物活性化合物，这些植物需要进行科学评估其药理学活性。
