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The present paper deals with ethno-medicinal information on 12 flowering plant species commonly used by women of Narendra Block to cure amenorrhoea and abnormal menstruation diseases and disorder.Amenorrhoea failure to menstruate is very common among women above the age of 35 years. Abnormal uterine bleeding i.e. excessive menstrual scanty menstrual are also common problems.  The cause of disease, its symptoms, and plant organs utilized and methods of preparation of remedies are provided.The information data on ethno-botanical plants were collected through the dialogue and arranging night meeting with local knowledgeable people of the villages. The ethno-medicinal data was gathered from local women and the tribal medicine men, ’Vaidhyas’.

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Amenorrhoea Ethnomedicinal plants Vaidyas

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Sharma, A., & Dangwal, L. R. (2012). Ethno-medicinal Plants used for Amenorrhoea and Abnormal Menstruation Diseases in Narendra Nagar Block, District TehriGarhwal, Uttarakhand. Environment Conservation Journal, 13(1&2), 195–197. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2012.131237

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