Herbal medicinal uses and their practices in human health care and livestock from district Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In light of the increasing need, for global health care, traditional medical knowledge is receiving considerable attention in order to fulfil the public health needs not only for human health but also animal health.

Objectives

Thus, the aim of the study is to explore ethnomedicinal uses of plants in human and livestock health care of the study area.

Methods

Data were gathered through arranged surveys and meeting techniques by focusing on 80 sources in the investigation region during 2018-2020. Quantitative ethnobotanical indices were calculated.

Results

Eighty plant species (33 herbs, 21 shrubs, 24 trees and 2 climbers) belonging to 50 families, distributed in 74 genera, were being used in the study area. Forty-nine medicinal plants in the treatment

SUBMITTER: Siddique Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9677399 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature