ISSN: 2456–5474 RNI No.  UPBIL/2016/68367 VOL.- VII , ISSUE- XI December  - 2022
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Traditional Methods Against Digestive Disorders by Meenatribe of Sawai Madhopur District
Paper Id :  16953   Submission Date :  2022-12-09   Acceptance Date :  2022-12-19   Publication Date :  2022-12-25
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Meenakshi Baghel
Associate Professor
Botany Department
Government College
Niwai, Tonk ,Rajasthan, India
Abstract
The District Sawai Madhopur is inhabited by large tribal population of Meenas, who have their distinct traditions and cultural heritage. The present article deals with 50 indigenous plants used particularly in various digestive disorders, viz; diarrhea, dysentery constipation, gastritis, ulceration of stomach, cholera, dyspepsia, colic pain, appetite stimulant and anthelminthic. An alphabetical list of these plants has been given along with their local names; part used ailment and mode of administration.
Keywords Ethno-Medico-Botanical, Digestive Disorders, Meena Tribe.
Introduction
In Rajasthan, 50 per cent of the total tribal population is represented by Meena tribe. According to 1991 census, tehsil Sawai Madhopur has a total of 64000 tribal populations, out of which, 63800 are exceptionally Meenas. Hence, the present study is tribe specific and is focused only on Meena tribe.
Objective of study
Many wild and ultivated plant have remember for disgestive diorders. The data of this study can provide valuable information to phytochemists, pharmacologists, scientist and researcher.
Review of Literature

The present study was carried out in district Sawai Madhopur where forest covers 27.55 per cent of the total geographical area of the district (Mathur 1996). The main concentration of the forest is in the South Eastern part of the district where the dominant plant species are of Anogeissus pendula, Boswellia serrata,Acacia catechu, Butea monosperma, Diospyros. melanoxylon, etc. (Saxena et al., 1973)

A review of ethno botanical literature reveals that the ethno- medicinal aspectof the Meena tribe has not been investigated in detail so far and above all the rising intrusion of so called modern industrialization has taken the ancient culture on the verge of extinction. Hence there is an urgent need to record and preserve the age long practices of the tribe before the valuable data get lost in near future.

Methodology
The study was conducted during the year 2000-2001, which covered 15 villages of the district Sawai Madhopur namely, Ajnoti, Chakeri, Jatwara Kalan, Jeenapur, Kherli Kalan, Khilchipur, Kundera, Lorwara, Neemli, Kalan, Neemli Khurd, Phosoda, Ranwal, Sherpur, Shyampura, and soorwal following the standard methods of ethnobotan (Raghavaiah, 1956; Jain, 1995; Rao and Hajra, 1995; and Shah, 1997). The information was collected from the key informants like village headman,olderly people, Bhpoas, Nath & Ojhas and the first hand information as obtained from the tribals was confirmed from the non tribals. Some experienced tribals were taken to the field and forest areas for plant collections. The collected plants were brought to the village and the tribals were interviewed showing each plant. Their local names were written against the field number of each plant in the field diary and their maximum uses were recorded in the tape recorder. Five major plants used in digestive disorders viz Adhatoda zeylanica, Cassia tora, Clerodendrum phlomoides, Helicteres isora, and Moringa oleifera were phytochemically analysed for the presence of sterols, alkaloids, tannins, saponins, triterpenoids, flavonoids, and phenols.
Result and Discussion

In the present study, the use of 50 plant remedies by Meenas against digestive disorders is recorded. The drugs are taken orally either in the form of extract (by crushing or slicing the plant part) or decoction (by boiling the plant partin water, milk or oil). The use of Amaranthes viridis in digestive disorders find similar use in folk medicine of Kurukshetra district in Haryana (Lal and Yadav, 1983). These drugs, owing to their low cost, easy accessibility and no side effects are drawing more and more attention of the scientists and pharmacologists. All the five plants selected for phytochemical analysis, viz. Adhatoda zeylanica, Cassia tora, Clerodendrum phlomodes, Helicteres isora and Moringa oleifera showed the presence of tannins, triterpenoids, flavonoids and phenols. Tannins are known as astringent and used against diarrohea. Similarly flawonoids and triterpenoids are antiinflammatory and have dramatic physiological activities (Tripathi and Rastogi, 1981 and Chawala et al., 1987). Their presence may be attributed to the medicinal properties of the above plants.

Table 1: Enumeration of the plants used in Digestive disorders by the Meena tribe of Sawai Madhopur District.

S.

No.

Name of the Plant

Part Used

Ailment

Mode of Administration

Local Name

1.

Abelmoschus moschatus

Fruits

Diarrhoea

Macerate-orally

Jangali Bhindi

2.

Acacia catechu

Gum

Diarrhoea

Soaked and  consumed with sugar candy

khair

3.

Acacia nilotica subsp.indica

Dry fruits

Diarrhoea and dysentry

Powder in cow-milk and sugar candy-orally

Desi babool

4.

Acalypha indica

Root

Constipation and colic pain

  Paste-orally

Kuppi, Kholi

 

5.

Achyranthes aspera

Seeds

Dysentry and gastralgia

Paste in milk orally

Andhijhara

6.

Adhatoda-zeylanica

Seeds

Diarrhoea

Powder with milkorally

Adusa

7.

Aegle marmelos

Unripe fruits

Diarrhoea and dysentry

 Pulp powder orally

Bael

8.

Amaranthus spinosus

Whole plant

Gastritis

 Decoction-orally

Kante wali chaulai

9.

Amaranthus viridis

Whole plant

Gastritis

Decoction-orally

Tandula

10.

Argemone mexicana

Seeds

Constipation

 Oil with sugar candy-orally

Satyanasi

11.

Asparagus racemosus

Root

Appetite-stimulent

Paste-orally

Satavari

12.

Balanites aegyptiaca

Seed

Gastritis and burning sensation in stomach

Kemel powder with butter milk- orally

Hingota

13.

Bauhinia racemosa

Flowers

Diarrhoea and entery

Bruished and mixed in water-orally

Sainta

14.

Calotropis procera

1. Stem 2. Root

Gastritis Cholera, vomiting sensation and diarrhoea

Latex mixed with turmeric powder and massaged on stomach 100 gm paste in one litre of water-orally

Aak

15.

Cassia fistula

1. Pods 2. Stem bark and leaves

Antihelminthic 1. Ulceration of stomach 2. Dyspepsia and constipation

Pulp mashed in water orally Pulp with butter milk- orally

Amaltas

16.

Cassia tora

Leaves

Constipation

Extract-orally

Punwad

17.

Citrullus colocynthes

Fruits

1. Gastritis, dyspepsia (also in cattle)] 2. Constipation

Filled with seeds of Trachyspermum ammi and fruit powder of Cucumis callaosus and boiled-orally Pulp with sugar and water-orally

Papad pinda

18.

Citrus medica

Fruit

Stomach ulcer and diarrhoea

Juice-orally followed by milk

Neembu

19.

Clerodendrum phlomoides

Leaves

Antihelminthic

Juice mixed in fruit juice of Aegle marmelos orally

Arnea

20.

Cucumis callosus + Sesbania bispinosa

Seeds

Purgative and in gastritis

Powder of both seeds mixed in rind powder of Cucumis callosus and jaggery and cooked in water-orally

Kachari +Dadon

21.

Euphorbia nerifolia

Leaves

As purgative

Cooked and consumed

Thoor

22.

Ferula asaofetida

Gum resin

Gastritis

Powder in water-orally

Hing

23.

Ficus benghalensis

Leaves

Diarrhoea

Decoction-orally

Bad

24.

Ficus racemosa

Stem

Diarrhoea

Latex with sugar lump-orally

Gular

25.

Gisekia pharmacioides

Whole plant

To kill Ascaris

Extract orally, empty stomach

Balukar sag

26.

Helicteres isora

Pods

Dyspepsia and colic pain

Decoction-orally or powder with curd or honey orally

Maror phali

27.

Holarhena antidysentrica

Bark

Dyspepsia, dysentry and less appetite

Extract-orally

Kutaj

28.

Lepidium sativum

Seeds

Diarrhoea

Decoction-orally

Halim

29.

Mallotus philippensis

Seeds

As purgative and antihelminthic

Powder-orally

Kamila

30.

Mangifera indica

Cotyledons

Diarrhoea and dysentry

Powder with honey-orally

Aam

31.

Melia azedarach

Leaves

Against tape worms.

Extract with sugar orally

Bakain

32.

Mentha spicata

Leaves

Dyspepsia

Paste-orally

Pudina

33.

Moringa oleifera

Leaves

1.Acute

dyspepsia,flatulence and colic Cholera and diarrhoea

Extract with goat milk - orally Extract orally

Saljana

34.

Nymphoides hydrophylla

Bark

As purgative

Soaked to form pasteorally with water

Load

35.

Ocimum canum

Seeds

Loss of appetite

Paste in milk-orally

Nagad bapchi

36.

Oxalis corniculata

Leaves

Loss of appetite

Extract-orally

Khatti buti

37.

Pedalium murex

Whole plant

Appetite stimulant

Extract-orally

Bada gokhru

 

38.

Phoenix sylvestris

Young leaves

Dyspepsia

Extract-orally

Khajoor

39.

Plumbago zeylanica

Root

Appetite stimulant

Extract-orally

Chakwad

40.

Ricinus communis

1. Seeds 2. Seed oil

Dyspepsia, stomach ulcer and constipation

White part of seed with milk -orally. Few drops of oil- orally followed by seed husk of plantago ovata in butter milk or curd

Arundi

41.

Salvadora persica

Leaves

As purgative

Paste in milk or honey-orally

Pilu

42.

Sida ovata

Root

Appetite stimulant

Extract-orally

Khareti

43.

Solanum virginianum

1. Whole plant 2. Flowers

Dyspepsia in cattle Diarrohea

Paste with salt-orally Grinded with leaves and flowers of Capparis decidua, turmeric powder and salt-orally

Pasar Kateli

44.

Syzygium aromaticum

Flower buds

Appetizer

Soaked in earthen pot and made into decotion-orally

Laung

45.

Syzygium cumini

Fruits

As purgative

Consumed-orally

Jamun

46.

Tephrosia purpurea

1.Root 2. Whole plant

Flatulence and colic (men) Gastritis and dyspepsia (Cattle)

Extract-orally Paste- orally

Dhamasa

47.

Trachyspermum ammi

Seeds

Gastritis

powder with water, jaggery and salt-orally

Ajwain

48.

Vitex negundo

Leaves

Dyspepsia

Leaves packed in a cloth and immersed in cooking rice. Rice is then consumed

Negad

49.

Wrightia tinctoria

1. Leaves 2. Seeds

Diarrhoea Gastritis (cattle)

Decoction-orally Powder in water - orally

Kath khami

 

50.

Ziziphus mauritiana

Bark

Dysentry

Extract-orally

Bad bor

Conclusion
Many of these traditional drugs have proved efficacious after detailed pharmacological and clinical trials. Hence ethno-botanical data can provide valuable information to phytochemists, pharmacologists, scientists and researchers.
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