2016, Vol. 4, Issue 2, Part C

author(s)
Anup Singh

abstract
This study deals about the uses of medicinal plants by the people of Bhiwani district of Haryana, India. An ethnobotanical study was conducted from August 2014 to October 2015 through personal interviews of local people. The study was focused on identifying medicinal plants, disease treated, part of the plant used, methods of preparation, route of administration, ingredients added etc. The data were collected through a series of fieldworks. Random and systematic sampling methods were employed to select the study sites as well as the informants. Ethnobotanical methods using semistructured interviews were employed and a total of 30species of medicinal plants belonging to 20 families were recorded.