Ethnomedicinal Practices for the Treatment of Arthritis in Siddapur Region of Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India

摘要

The present study documented and analyzed the traditional treatment of arthritis by different communities in Siddapur Taluk of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka. In all, 51 medicinal practitioners were interviewed and 36 plant species belonging to 30families used for treatment of arthritis were documented. The quantitative ethnobotanical data calculations included relative frequency of citation and family importance value. Of the 36 plants recorded Artocarpus hirsutus and Mammea suriga are endemicto India.