Traditional Uses of Medicinal Plants for the treatment of skin Diseases in Thottiyam Taluk, Tiruchy District, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

Medicinal plants played an important role in the healthcare of people around the world for several thousand years.     The traditional medical systems are generally based on the uses of natural and local medicinal plants which are commonly related to the people's perspective.Poverty, ignorance and non-availability of modern health facilities necessitate that to continue the practice traditional medicines for their common day ailments. Skin diseases have always been associated with a specific relation with the quality of patient’s daily life and personal hygiene.   For the present study, a total number of 70 plants belonging different family are reported that are used by the traditional healers to treat skin disease in Thottiyam Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District.