Abstract:

The present communication provides interesting unpublished traditional phytotherapy of seventy two indigenous medicinal plants used by rural and tribal population of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India to treat various human ailments. As the traditional herbal remedies are based on ancestral knowledge and empiric experiences, we have provided the tribal and folk phytotherapy and technology for preparation of drug so that at least a few plants can be considered for efficacy and analysis for further studies. Thus, this type of ethno-medicinal survey appears to be useful for the research on medicinal plants for the betterment of mankind.