Every agro-climatic zone has its
own list of medicinal plants and they find a place in the tradition of every
society. To encourage use of traditional herbs amongst villagers to cure common
and non serious ailments Dr. Soham Pandya has popularised a system of
production, processing and marketing of number of medicinal herbs at village
level. Some of them are listed below.
Shatawari (Asparagus recemosus):
This medicinal plant has traditional use in 10 gynaecological problems like less
milk in lactating mothers, white discharge, irregular menstruation Cycle (MC),
Shatawari Kalp is very popular
Adulsa (Adathoda vasica): It is
known as expectorant and cures cough cold and mild asthma
Korphad (Aloe vera): It is good
coolant and healer of skin.
Bael (Aegle marmelos): Fruit and
leaves of the plant cures number of gastric problems like dysentery.
Nirgudi (Vitex nigundo): This
herb is used to make massage oil to deal with arthritic rheumatism.
Out Come: 2,500 people are
trained to cultivate and 250 women are trained to process medicinal herbs.
