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The medical ethnobotany of India is the study of Indian medicinal plants and their traditional uses. Plants have been used in the Indian subcontinent for treatment of disease and health maintenance for thousands of years, and remain important staples of health and folk medicine for millions.
With patent examiners getting access to the TKDL database, legal cases regarding unethical patent claims, which had taken years and vast expenditure for each case, could be avoided. [8] [13] [14] From 2009 to 2011, EPO identified 36 patents making improper use of Indian traditional knowledge. [15]: 214
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has designated FRLHT as a National Center of Excellence for medicinal plants and traditional knowledge. The foundation plans to "revitalize Indian medical heritage” through creative applications of traditional health sciences for enhancing the quality of health care in rural and urban India and globally.
List of Indian medicinal plants on the Biodiversity of India website. A list of 932 commercially traded Indian medicinal plants (as per the ENVIS-FRLHT database) and their taxonomic status. Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 1; Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 2; Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 3
The root of the plant can be used for toothache pain in addition to cleaning wounds and ulcers with a decoction. Effective use of the medicine is from both external and internal use. [ citation needed ] The entirety of the plant is classified as an anthelmintic which means it can be used to remove parasitic worms and other internal parasites.
Indian abutilon Pollen grains of Abutilon indicum. Abutilon indicum (Indian abutilon, Indian mallow) is a small shrub in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions. This plant is a valuable medicinal and ornamental plant, its roots and leaves being used for curing fevers. It has been widely introduced outside of its native ...
Indian heliotrope is an annual, erect, branched plant that can grow to a height of about 15–50 cm (5.9–19.7 in). It has a hairy stem, bearing alternating ovate to oblong-ovate leaves. It has small white or purple flowers with a green calyx; five stamens borne on a corolla tube; a terminal style; and a four-lobed ovary.
Chukrasia tabularis, the Indian mahogany, is a deciduous, ... Thailand [6] and is widely used in Ayurveda as an important medicinal plant. Description ...