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| Article Name : | | | MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY THE ANDH, BHIL, PARDHI, THAKAR COMMUNITIES FOR TREATING THE HAIR PROBLEMS / DISORDERS IN MARATHWADAREGION OF MAHARASHTRA. | | Author Name : | | | NIKHIL B. RATHOD , K.S. RATHOD AND RAFIUDDIN NASER | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-1964 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The present work deals with traditional medicines used on treating the hair problems i.e. hair fall, dandruff, discoloration of hair etc from Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Authors have collected the traditional knowledge from villagers, took the interviews noted on paper and recorded their knowledge For this authors visited the villages of different talukas in Marathwada such as Kannad, Sillod, Soygaon, Vaijapur, of Aurangabad districts which are dominated by few tribal inhabitants like Bhil, Pardhi, Andh, Thakar Vaidu and other while Kalamnuri, Sengaon, Umri, Sonpeth, Hadgaon, Talukas of Hingoli, Nanded and Parbhani districts of Marathwada region were dominated by Andh Tribes. Products from natural sources are an integral part of human health care system because there are major concern about synthetic drugs owing to their side effects and toxicity . The present study is an attempt to investigate the medicinal plants used for hair disorders / problems by tribal communities based in Marathwada region of Maharashtra. 20 Plant species belonging to 18 families of ethnomedical interest are recorded after survey and screening. | | Keywords : | | |
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