Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Ramakrishnan V, Rajathi S and Shankar R

Abstract:
Plants and herbs are playing an increasingly imperative role in medicine, particularly in the treatment of serious diseases like cancer. Each plant contains a number of vital compounds, the phytochemicals that can be used in the medical area and in the production of various types of medications. The ethnopharmacological recipes are mostly less systematic, formalised and usually transferred orally through generations. The current study was conducted to document the ethnoveterinary practices followed by local healers and farmers in and around Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. The study revealed 13 species belonging to different families used against diverse ailments has been reported. However, further validation and identification of active principles and their mechanism of action are needed to develop novel therapeutic agents.