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MEDICINAL FOLK
RECIPES
USED AS
TRADITIONAL PHYTOTHERAPIES IN DISTRICT DERA
ISMAIL KHAN, KPK, PAKISTAN
SARFARAZ KHAN MARWAT¹*,
FAZAL-UR-REHMAN2, MIR AJAB KHAN3,
MUSHTAQ AHMAD3, MUHAMMAD ZAFAR3
AND
SAID GHULAM4
Abstract: This paper
is based on the results of an ethnomedicinal research work conducted in
Dera Ismail Khan (D.I. Khan) District, Khyber Pakhtun Khwa (KPK),
Pakistan, during May 2006 to March 2007. The study was focused for
documentation of traditional knowledge of local people about the use of
medicinal folk recipes of native plants. During field survey,
questionnaires were used to interview the local inhabitants, older
people including men and women both, who were familiar with traditional
uses of indigenous plants. In total 40 new medicinal folk recipes of 26
plant species, belonging to 19 families were recorded. These folk
recipes are used as traditional phytotherapies in the area. Plant
specimens were identified, preserved and vouchers were deposited in the
Department of Botany, Quaid-i-University Islamabad for future
references. Results were
systematically arranged by alphabetic order of botanical names followed
by medicinal folk recipes. English name, local name, family name and
voucher no., were listed in the Table 1.
1University
Wensam College, Gomal University D.I. Khan KPK, Pakistan
2Faculty
of Pharmacy, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
3Department
of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
4Faculty
of Agriculture, Gomal University D.I. Khan KPK, Pakistan
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