ETUDES et DOSSIERS
MEDICINAL PLANTS OF WEST HIMALAYA
By Raj KUMAR GUPTA (1)
Ph. T). (Poona), Docteur es Sciences (Toulouse).
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus sceleratus Linn.
Habit : Annual herb. Flowers : Yellow, April-June. Ecological notes :
On river banks of warm valleys upto 2 000 m.
Uses : The plant is considered poisonous just after the flowering. The leaves are vesicant.
Anemone obtusiloba D. Don.
Name : Ageli (Garhwali). Habit : Perennial herb. Flowers : White tinged with blue near the base, May-Aug. Ecological notes : In temperate parts between 2 400-4 500 m in open pastures. Uses : Leaves are useful in complaints of spleen and kidney remove jaundice. Oil form the seeds can be extracted and used in rheumatism, but not done so in this part.
Thalhctrum foliolosum DC.
Name : Mamiri, Pilijari (Garhwali, Hindi). Habit : Perennial herb.
Flowers : White, July. Ecological notes : In ban oak forests
between 1 500-2 400 m. Uses : The roots are yellow like turmeric and sold in the market
also. They are used in collirium in opthalmia and improving
eyesight. It is also useful in piles discoloration of the skin
and in mild forms of intermittent fevers.
Clematis gouriana Roxb.
Name : Bel Kanyu (Garhwali). Habit : Climbing shrub. Flowers : Greenish white; July-August. Ecological notes : On trees and shrubs at 1 200 m.
Uses : Bruised leaves and stems are vesicant and poisonous. Not used locally.
(1) L'auteur de cet article a fait de nombreuses explorations en Himalaya occidental. L'article sera surtout utilisé par des lecteurs de langue anglaise ; aussi n'a-t-il pas été traduit. Les termes médicaux se ressemblent souvent en anglais et en français (N.D.I.R.).
JOURNAL d'AGBIC. TROPICALE ET DE BOTANIQUE APPLIQUÉE, T. IX, N° 1-2, JANV.-FÉV. 1962
