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TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASES BY THE HEALERS OF MARAKANAM BIO-REGION

The present study is an attempt to list some of the medicinal plants used by the traditional practitioners of the Marakanam bio-region in the treatment of various eye diseases. The survey of folk medicine men from this bio-region has revelaed that there are 24 medicinal plants locally available for...

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Autores principales: Loganathan, JN., Balu, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22556795
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spelling pubmed-33311582012-04-27 TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASES BY THE HEALERS OF MARAKANAM BIO-REGION Loganathan, JN. Balu, S. Anc Sci Life Original Article The present study is an attempt to list some of the medicinal plants used by the traditional practitioners of the Marakanam bio-region in the treatment of various eye diseases. The survey of folk medicine men from this bio-region has revelaed that there are 24 medicinal plants locally available for treating both simple and complex eye diseases. Most of these diseases have been identified in Sanskrit and Tamil and are correlated with their English terms. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1997 /pmc/articles/PMC3331158/ /pubmed/22556795 Text en Copyright: © Ancient Science of Life http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASES BY THE HEALERS OF MARAKANAM BIO-REGION
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title_short TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASES BY THE HEALERS OF MARAKANAM BIO-REGION
title_sort treatment of eye diseases by the healers of marakanam bio-region
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22556795
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