Medicinal Plants used During Traditional Postnatal Care Practices in Rajasthan, India

Q2 Social Sciences

Studies on Ethno-Medicine Pub Date : 2018-10-09 DOI:10.31901/24566772.2018/12.04.568

A. Dudi

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Pali district of Rajasthan has powerful traditional practices in which plants play a key role. The present study endeavour to investigate and document the various medicinal plants used as traditional method of postnatal care of mother and children. A total of 120 rural women from randomly selected villages within the age group of 27 to 45 years were interviewed. The investigation revealed that 27 species of ethno medicinal plants were recorded belonging to 20 families used by the rural people of Pali district, Rajasthan for postnatal care practices. These medicinal plants were used as nutritious and medicinal preparations for postnatal care in the form of powder, decoction, laddu or haluwa etc. The mixture of different plant parts were also used for preparations. Most of the rural women (70 to 95%) used ethno medicinal preparation that is, dried ginger (Zingiber officinale) mixture, carom seed (Trachyspermum ammi), laddu, haluwa, edible gum (Allium sativum) laddu, harrira, fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) seed laddu just after delivery. Some of the popular formulations of carom, turmeric (Curcuma longa), nutmeg (Myristica fragrans), cloves (Syzygium aromaticum), garlic (Allium sativum) and asafoetida (Ferula assafoetida) were used by ninety percent rural women to give comfort to the baby from digestive disorders and cold and cough. These practices if unified with modern healthcare system could promote the health status of thousands of women and their neonate Ethno Med, 12(4): 212-220 (2018) DOI: 10.31901/24566772.2018/12.04.568 © Kamla-Raj 2018

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拉贾斯坦邦的巴利地区有着强大的传统习俗，其中植物起着关键作用。本研究旨在调查和记录作为母亲和儿童产后护理传统方法的各种药用植物。从随机选取的村庄中抽取120名年龄在27岁至45岁之间的农村妇女进行访谈。调查显示，记录了27种民族药用植物，属于拉贾斯坦邦巴利地区农村居民用于产后护理的20个科。这些药用植物以粉末、汤剂、拉度、哈鲁瓦等形式作为产后保健的营养和药物制剂。不同植物部位的混合物也被用于制备。大多数农村妇女(70 - 95%)在分娩后立即使用民族药物制剂，即干姜(Zingiber officinale)混合物、香豆种子(Trachyspermum ammi)、拉杜、haluwa、食用胶(Allium sativum)拉杜、哈里拉、胡芦巴种子(Trigonella foenum-graecum)拉杜。一些流行的豆蔻配方，姜黄(Curcuma longa)、肉豆蔻(Myristica fragrans)、丁香(Syzygium aromaticum)、大蒜(Allium sativum)和阿魏(Ferula assafoetida)被90%的农村妇女用来安慰消化系统紊乱、感冒和咳嗽的婴儿。这些做法如果与现代医疗保健系统相结合，可以促进数千名妇女及其新生儿的健康状况。民族医学，12(4):212-220 (2018)DOI: 10.31901/24566772.2018/12.04.568©Kamla-Raj 2018

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Studies on Ethno-Medicine Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

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期刊介绍： Studies on Ethno-Medicine is a peer reviewed, internationally circulated journal. It publishes reports of original research, theoretical articles, timely reviews, brief communications, book reviews and other publications in the interdisciplinary field of ethno-medicine. The journal serves as a forum for physical, social and life scientists as well as for health professionals. The transdisciplinary areas covered by this journal include, but are not limited to, Physical Sciences, Anthropology, Sociology, Geography, Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Botany, Agriculture, Home Science, Zoology, Genetics, Biology, Medical Sciences, Public Health, Demography and Epidemiology. The journal publishes basic, applied and methodologically oriented research from all such areas. The journal is committed to prompt review, and priority publication is given to manuscripts with novel or timely findings, and to manuscript of unusual interest. Further, the manuscripts are categorised under three types, namely - Regular articles, Short Communications and Reviews. The researchers are invited to submit original papers in English (papers published elsewhere or under consideration elsewhere shall not be considered).