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CONSERVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN IDUKKI DISTRICT OF KERALA BY COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT
Rural people in the Asian countries are familiar with the medicinal properties of plants growing close to their homes, in the open fields, margin of the water bodies, waste lands and the near by forests. The herbal doctors in the villages are well acquainted with various plants they need for differe...
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| 100 | |a Joseph MATHEW, Saju ABRAHAM and Balakrisnan NAIR |9 23936 | ||
| 245 | |a CONSERVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN IDUKKI DISTRICT OF KERALA BY COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT | ||
| 500 | |a SEMINAR PROCEEDINGS: HARVESTING OF NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS, Menemenizmir, Turkey 2-8 October 2000 | ||
| 520 | |a Rural people in the Asian countries are familiar with the medicinal properties of plants growing close to their homes, in the open fields, margin of the water bodies, waste lands and the near by forests. The herbal doctors in the villages are well acquainted with various plants they need for different ailments. The knowledge about these plants and the various formulations made were usually kept as family or professional secrets. They are passed on from the parent to the offspring orally and through demonstrations. Such professional practices are continued even today but many of this precious knowledge were lost as no written records were kept. The objectives of the study were: To create awareness among local communities on the urgent need of conservation of medicinal plants; Ensuring people's participation for conserving medicinal plants and traditional culture; To conserve RET (Rare, endangered and threatened) plants. A survey of medicinal plants in Idukki district was carried out. 1000 herbarium (434 species) were prepared from the sample collected. Seeds of 169 species and 50 raw drugs were collected and displayed in the medicinal plant museum. The establishment of herbarium, seeds and raw drugs museum is for the purpose of documentation, education, training and research on medicinal plants. The survey Indicates that out of 116 RET species recorded in South India 56 was present in Idukki district. An Ethno-medicinal forest is established in 10-acre land containing 98 species of medicinal plants. These plants were either already existing in the area or introduced. The introduced plants are RET species or locally available ones. The Ethno-medicinal forest has two main objectives A priority list of species to be grown in the EMF is made based on the Ethno-medicinal needs of the local people. The various species grown in EMF is maintained with their natural association as a poly-culture simulating a forest ecosystem. A massive/training programme was undertaken to create awareness in local communities on the urgent need of conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants, preservation of the local Ethano-medical traditions and people's health culture. The target groups were women, village health workers, self-help groups, Schoolteachers, school children, medicinal plant cultivators and raw drug collectors. Training was given to 13946 persons on the importance and relevance of medicinal plants for the primary health care needs. Preparation of simple traditional formulations for head-ache, cough, fever, cuts, wounds, sore eyes, burning sensations, menstrual disorders, pregnancy care, increasing breast milk, scabies, fungal infections, general immunity, liver tonics and mental tonics using local herbs were also demonstrated. Cultivation of medicinal plants such as Acorus calamus, Alpinia galanga, Curcuma domestica, Kaempferia galanga, Piper longam, Plubago rosea, Pseudarthria viscida and Zingiber officinalis were promoted and taken up by 104 marginal farmers. 25 per cent farmers stooped the cultivation after a short time, 25 per cent continued as they were persuaded and the rest 50 per cent were really motivated and continue active propagation of the species they selected. | ||
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