Year: 2024 | Month: June | Volume: 11 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 251-260
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20240629
An Ethnobotanical Study of Antidote Medicinal Plants in Kalkulam Taluk, Kanyakumari District
Dr. T. S. Shamili1, Dr. K. Muthumari2, Dr. G. Chenthamarai Selvi3, Dr. M. P. Abdul Kader Jeylani4
1PG Scholar, Department of Nanju Maruthuvam, Government Siddha Medical College, Palayamkottai
2PG Scholar, Department of Nanju Maruthuvam, Government Siddha Medical College, Palayamkottai
3Lecturer, Department of Nanju Maruthuvam, Government Siddha Medical College, Palayamkottai.
4HOD & Professor, Department of Nanju Maruthuvam, Government Siddha Medical College, Palayamkottai
Corresponding Author: Dr. T. S. Shamili
ABSTRACT
Ethnobotany is the field of science that deals with the association between plants and humans, the term implies the study of indigenous or traditional knowledge of plants. This ethnobotanical survey focused on prevalence of antidote medicinal plants and the traditional knowledge of that plants among the local people of Kalkulam taluk, Kanyakumari district. The information was collected from local communities. The antidote plant species that used for different types of poisons in the study area, were documented on the basis of identification of antidote plants. A total of 45 antidote medicinal plants, belonging to 25 families were collected and identified. Plant family with the highest antidote plants in the study area used for various types of poisons was Fabaceae (17%). The result of growth form analysis showed that Shrub constituted the highest proportion of antidote plants (34%), Roots (39%) were the most frequently utilized plant parts for preparation of traditional antidote remedies. Most of the antidote plants in the study area used for animal poison with the proportion of (92%). Decoction was a widely used method of preparation of traditional antidote remedies where oral administration 92% was the dominant route. The study revealed people of the Kalkulam area are well known about the antidote plants and mostly used for poisoning and post poisoning symptoms and also used as first aid therapy in poisoning cases.
Keywords: Ethnobotany, Antidote, Medicinal plants, Poisons, Traditional remedies
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