2018, Vol. 6, Issue 5, Part A

It was concluded that, some plants are used singly while many others are used in combination. Similarly few plant species are used for the treatment of specific disease, while several others have multiple uses. The most important of these species: Adenium obesum (forssk.) Roem & Schult, Anisotes trisulcus (Forssk), Artemisia arborescens L., Cadia purpurea (G. Piccioli) Aiton, Capparis spinosa L., Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. The plants were mainly used as stomachic, antiallergic, antineuralgia, vermifuge, laxative, against jaundice, emollient, hypnotic, diuretic, digestive, demulcent, carminative, astringent, aphrodisiacs, antispasmodic, antiemetic, antidiabetic, anthelmentic, anodyne and alterative. The present investigation will help in the preservation of indigenous knowledge of the local people, which is depleting day by day.