Plant used for Curing Diarrhoea and Dysentery in …...common cause of death in children under five years of age worldwide and is responsible for 2.4 million deaths each year. Diarrhoea

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ISSN 2519-5115

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Plant used for Curing Diarrhoea and Dysentery in Chitrakoot M.P.

1Sadhana Chaurasia

2Mateswary Chaudhary

1Head, Dept of Energy and

Environment, MGCGV

Chitrakoot, Satna (MP) 2Research scholar, Dept of

Biological Sciences, MGCGV.

Chitrakoot, Satna (MP)

Corresponding author:

Dr. Sadhana Chaurasia

[email protected]

Received: February 13, 2017

Revised: March 18, 2017

Published: April 30, 2017

ABSTRACT

Diarrhoea and dysentery disease and its complications remain a

major cause of morbidity and mortality in children, especially

in developing countries. Diarrhoea is characterized by an

increased frequency and volume, and decreased consistency of

stool from the norm. Pathogens vary between developed and

developing world. An ethno botanical survey was conducted to

identify indigenous herbal remedies for diarrhoea and

associated stomach ailments in rural areas. The main objective

of the study was to gather ethno medical data on potentially

valuable indigenous medicinal plants and also emphasize the

role of ethno medicine in primary health care. Data from the

survey indicated the names of plants commonly used in the

treatment of diarrhoea and associated ailments, the methods of

preparation, parts used and administration. The study

documented a diversity of plants employed as remedy for

diarrhoea and dysentery.

Keywords- Ethno medicine, diarrhoea dysentery, remedies.

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INTRODUCTION

Diarrhoeal disease and its complications

remain a major cause of morbidity and

mortality in children, especially in

developing countries. It is the second most

common cause of death in children under

five years of age worldwide and is

responsible for 2.4 million deaths each year.

Diarrhoea is characterized by an increased

frequency and volume, and decreased

consistency of stool from the norm. It must

be remembered that frequency of passing

stool varies with age and is higher in infants.

Dysentery is defined as the passage of blood

and mucous in diarrhoeal stools. Persistent

diarrhoea occurs when the duration of

symptoms exceeds seven days and chronic

diarrhoea when it lasts more than 14 days.

Since time immemorial mankind has been

dependent on plants for food, fibber, fodder

and other purposes. Millions of rural

householders’ use medicinal plants in self –

help mode. Over one and a half million

practitioners of the Indian system of

medicine use medicinal plants for

preventive, promotive and curative

application. These plants again further

importance in the regions where modern

facilities are neither available nor easily

accessible; India has vast resources of

medicinal plants. The use of the plants as

medicine is nothing new but according to an

estimate there are more than 25000 effective

herbal formulations exist in the country

(Brahmavarchasva 2005 and Aneesh 2009).

But many of them are unwritten. Ahead to

this it can be said that each time a tribal

medicine man dies, it is as if a library has

burned down so there is urgent need of

documentation of native knowledge of the

before its extinction forever.

METHODOLOGY

Chitrakoot is situated in the northern region

of Satna district of M.P. and surrounded on

North, Northwest and Northeast by Karwi

(Chitrakoot) district of U.P. and west by

Panna district of M.P. It lies between 80o 52’

to 80 o

73’N latitude, covering an area of

1,584 sq km. Several tribal communities like

Kol, Gond, Mawasi, etc. reside in Chitrakoot

forest area of Majhgawan block of Satna

District, Madhya Pradesh. Several field trips

were conducted during December 2014 to

December 2015 in the different villages for

the data collection in the selected study site

of Chitrakoot. Survey method was used to

get inquiry about the treatment of diarrhoea

and dysentery by local people. A partly

unstructured questionnaire was used for the

interview and information was collected as

raw data.

RESULT AND DISCUSSION

The information collected through interview

and questionnaire were compiled and given

in table 1 and 2. It was absorbed that some

plants are used in diarrhoea some in

dysentery and some plants are used in both

diarrhoea and dysentery. The plant peat and

method of use is also given in table 1 & 2.

The figure is given on various plates. Plate -

1 is showing the plant used against

diarrhoea, plate-2 is showing the plant used

against dysentery and plate -3 is showing the

plant which are used for diarrhoea and

dysentery both.




Table - 1: Plants used in curing diarrhoea.

S.

No

.

Scientific

name

Local

name

Family Part

use

How to use

1. Achyranthes

aspera L.

Latzeera

Amaranthaceae Root Simple strapping of small piece of

root on the wrist is believe to

check diarrhoea

2.

Acacia

leucophaea

(Roxb.)

Reunjha

Fabaceae

Bark

Bark decoction is used to

diarrhoea, one-cup decoction,

twice daily for 5-6 days.

3.

Actiniopteris

radiata (Sw.)

Morshikha,

morpankhi.

Pteridaceae

Whole

plant Whole plant paste with cows

milk is given to cure diarrheoa,

twice in a Dally for 5 days.

4.

Balanites

aegyptiaca (l.)

Ingua,

Hingua

Balanitaceae Fruit

pulp

Fruit pulp is mixed with jaggery

(gur) and made pea like pills. The

pills are given for diarrhoea, two

pills twice in a day till cure.

5. Bauhinia

variegata (l.)

Kachnar Fabaceae Leaves Leaves decoction is given to cure

diarrhoea, half-cup decoction,

twice in a day for 3 days.

6.

Buchanania

lanzan

(spreng.)

Charwa,

char, achar

Anacardiaceae

Gum

Gum is fried in cow ghee and this

gum is used to cure diarrhoea,

5gm twice in a day for one week.

7.

Butea

monosperma

(Lamk.)

Chheul,

Chheula,

Palas, Tesu

Fabaceae

Stem

bark

Fresh stem bark gum is taken to

cure diarrhoea, 2gm gum, once in

a day for 5 days.

8.

Dalbergia

sissoo (Roxb.)

Shisham

Fabaceae

Bark

Bark decoction is given in

diarrhoea, half-cup decoction,


9.

Ficus

benghalensis

(L.)

Bargad

Moraceae

Bud

Buds infusion is used to cure

diarrhoea, 3 teaspoon buds

infusion with one glass water,

twice in day for 5 days.

10.

Helicteres

isora (L.)

Ainthi,

petmurri

Malvaceae

Fruit

Fruits paste with whey is used in

diarrhoea, 2- teaspoon paste with

one-cup whey, twice in a day for

15 days.




11.

Holarrhena

pubescens

(buch.-ham.)

Wall. Ex G.

Don.

Kuda,

kutaja

Apocynaceae

Leave

Leave decoction is given to cattle

for diarrhoea, 500ml decoction,


12.

Pterocarpus

marsupium

Roxb.

Bijuraha,

bijahra

(biasal)

Fabaceae

Gum

Gum is fried in cow ghee; this

gum is given to treat diarrheoa,

5gm gum, once in a day for one

week.

13.

Scoparia

dulcis L.

Bada Tulsa

Plantaginaceae

Leave

Leaves are chewed to cure

diarrhoea, 4-5 leaves twice in a

day for 5 days.

14.

Selaginella

bryoptris (L.)

Baker

Kamraj,

Sanjiwani

Selaginelleacea

e

Plant

The plant is soaked in water and

kept overnight. In morning, the

plant is pounded with black

pepper, cardamom and crystal

sugar. The mixture with cows

milk is given to children for cure

diarrhoea.

15.

Shorea

robusta

Gaertn. F.

Sal, salai

Dipterocarpace

ae

Stem

bark

Stem bark decoction is used to

cure diarrheoa, one-cup in a day

for 5 days.

16.

Syzyium

cumini (L.)

Jamun Myrtaceae

Bark

Fresh bark juice with goats milk

is given to cure diarrhoea, half-

cup juice with 1 glass milk, twice

in a day for 5 days.

17.

Terminalia

arjuna

Kahua,

arjun

Combretaceae Leave

Leaves of kahua, jamun

(syzygium cumunii), and khair

(acacia catechu), are pounded

together and given to cattle to

cure diarrhoea, 500gm leaves,


18. Curcuma

amada robx.

(tree

Amahaldi Zingiberaceae Rhizo

me

The rhizome powder is taken with

‘Gur for diarrhoea.

19. Zinyphus

vulgaris

(hrub/small

tree)

Ber Rhamnaceae

Root ,

bark

The powder of root bark is taken

with honey or curd in case of

diarrhoea.




Table -2: Plants used in curing dysentery.

1.

Aegle

marmelos (l.)

Bel

Rutaceae

Fruit

The fruits juice is used to

treat dysentery, one glass

juice, once in a day for three

days

.

2.

Argemone

maxicana (l.)

Ghumaiya Papaveraceae Root Root juice is given to treat

dysentery, half-cup juice,

thrice in a day for 3 days.

3.

Bauhinia vahlii

(Wt & Arn.)

Mahua

Fabaceae

Leaves

and

flower

Leaves and flowers are eaten

raw to cure dysentery, 2-3

leaves or 1-2 flowers, twice


4.

Boswellia

serrata

(roxb.ex)

salai

Burseraceae

Stem

bark

Stem bark decoction is given

to treat dysentery, one-cup

decoction, once in a day for 3

days.

5.

Butea

monosperma

(Lamk.)

Chheul,

Chheula,

Palas, Tesu

Fabaceae

Stem

bark

Stem bark pounded and

filtered juice is given to treat

dysentery, one-cup juice,


6.

Casearia

elliptica

(Willd.

Chilla

Salicaceae Root

Root is pounded and juice is

given in dysentery, half-cup

juice, twice in a day for 3

days

7.

Elephantopus

scaber (L.)

Gojihawa

Asteraceae

Leave

Leaves are crushed and

mixed with salt and the

mixture is taken with curd in

dysentery, once in a day for 5

day.

9.

Ficus

benghalensis

(L.)

Bargad

Moraceae

Bark

Bark decoction is used in

dysentery, half-cup

decoction, thrice in a day for

5 days.

10.

Helicteres

isora (L.)

Ainthi,

petmurri

Malvaceae

Seed

Seed decoction is given is

dysentery, half –cup

decoction, twice in a day for

5 days.

11. Pterocarpus

marsupium

Roxb.

Bijuraha,

bijahra

(biasal)

Fabaceae

Gum

Gum is fried with cow ghee

and powdered; this powdered

given with boiled water to

cur dysentery, 5gm powder




with 1 glass of water, once in

day for 5 days.

12. Selaginella

bryopteris (L.)

Kamraj,

sanjivani

Selaginellaceae Plant The plant is soaked in water

and kept overnight

In morning, the plant is

pounded with black pepper,

cardamom and crystal sugar.

The mixture with cows milk

is given to children for cure

dysentery.

13. Shorea robusta

gaert. F.

Sal, sarai

Dipterocarpaceae Boiled

seed

Boiled seed are given to cure

dysentery, 10gm seed, twice

in a day for 3 days. Gum

powder with curd is given to

cure dysentery, 2gm powder

with one-cup of curd, twice


14. Syzyium

cumini (L.)

Jamun

Myrtraceae

Bark Bark paste with whey is

given to cure dysentery, 2-

teaspoon paste with 1 glass of

whey, twice in a day for 3

days

Plate -1: Plant used in curing diarrhoea

Acacia leucophloea Actiniopteris radiata Balanites aegyptiaca Bauhiniavariegate Achyranthes aspera

Buchanania lanzan1spreng Dalbergia sissoo holarrhena pubescens Plumbago zeylanica




Scoparia dulcis Terminalia arjuna Curcuma amada Zizyphus vulgaris

Plate -2: Plants used in curing dysentery

Aegle marmelos Argemone Mexicana Bauhinia vahlii Boswellia serrata

Casearia elliptica Cassia fistula Elephantopus scaber Teramnus labialis

Plate – 3: Plant used in curing both diarrhoea and dysentery

Butea monosperma Ficus benghalensis Helicteres isora Pterocarpus marsupium




Selaginella bryopteris Shorea robusta syzyium cumini

CONCLUSION

It was observed that in Chitrakoot area 19

plant species were used for curing diarrheoa

and 14 plant species used in dysentery the

detailed recording of prescribed doses,

administration and relevant aspects of the

prescriptions can led to the development of

new or alternative drugs though further

investigations on photochemistry,

pharmacognosy, pharmacology, toxicity and

clinical aspects. Due to the lack of written

documents, most of the traditional

knowledge about medicinal plants and their

uses survived only by words of mouth from

generation to generation and are being

gradually lost. The destructive harvest is of

severe consequences from both ecological as

well as survival point of view of the species

(Dawit & Ahadu, 1993) therefore

sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants

are recommended.

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