Abstract

TRADITIONAL REMEDY FOR THE TREATMENT OF HAEMORRHOIDS IN AURANGABAD (M.S.)

Imtiyaz Hussain Zahid and Rafiuddin Naser*

Abstract

Piles or haemorrhoids is a very common disease. Most of the people in rural and urban areas are suffering from this disease. Patients generally visit allopathic doctors but the treatment they get, is not satisfied. Therefore they turn to traditional health care. Ethnobotanical studies was conducted during 2012-2015. During this investigation a large number of plants are found useful to cure piles which are presented in this paper plants like Crateva adansonii, Phyla nodiflora, Tagetes erecta, Withania somnifera, etc. are commonly used. Data were recorded relating to the plant parts used, local name, process of preparation, mode of administration and dosage.

Keywords: haemorrhoids, ethnomedicinal, traditional health care.