AN ETHNO-MEDICAL SURVEY ON PEECHI-VILLAGE OFTRICHUR DISTRICT, KERALA, INDIA TO UNRAVEL THE WORLD OF TRADITIONAL OTTAMOOLIS

Abstract

Ethno-medical survey ofPeechi-Village ofThrissur, district was carried out to gather information on the ethno-medically important plants used by the famous traditional practitioners as well known ottamoolis. Ottamoolis are important traditional practice because it prevents the recurrents of the disease. There are lot of myths associated with this medical application, among them the most important one is if, the medical preparation is disclose to anyone it will not effective, so the practitioners are not disclosing the method to anyone except to one of their child. But, the younger generation is ignorant about this so India's one of the traditional medical practice is diminishing now a days, so the present work was undertaken as an attempt to unravel the field ofottamooli chikilsa. The present paper provides preliminary evaluation of 27 ethno-medicinal plants belong to 18 families.