Ethnoveterinary Study of Medicinal Plants in a Tribal Society of Sulaiman Range

Table 1

Ethnoveterinary plants used for the treatment of livestock ailments in Kohat region.

Plant names/families name/voucher number	Local names	Habit	Part used	Ailment treated	Animal treated	Recipe	Vehicles	Route	Recovery
Acacia modesta Wall. Fabaceae; KUH-421	Kikar	Tree	Leaves, seeds	Delivery	Buffaloes, cow	Decoction	Water	Oral	Two days
Achyranthes aspera Linn. Amaranthaceae; KUH-422	Gishkay	Herb	Whole plant	Anthelmintic and delivery	Buffaloes, cow, goat, sheep	Powder	Sugar	Oral	One day
Allium cepa L. Amaryllidaceae; KUH-423	Pyaz	Herb	Whole plant	Febrifuge, tonic	Sheep, goat	Decoction	Flour	Oral	Three days
Allium sativum L. Liliaceae; KUH-424	Thoom	Herb	Stem	Gastrointestinal	Goat	Concoction	Milk	Oral	Ten days
Aloe barbadensis Mill. Liliaceae; KUH-425	Kunwar	Shrub	Root	Gastrointestinal	Sheep, cow, buffaloes	Powder	Milk	Oral	Six days
Artemisia brevifolia Wall. Asteraceae; KUH-426	Jaukay	Herb	Leaves	Removal of placenta	Cow	Decoction	Sugar	Oral
Asparagus gracilis Royle. Liliaceae; KUH-427	Lachgawa	Herb	Root	Delivery	Goat	Concoction	Water	Oral
Brassica campestris L. Brassicaceae; KUH-428	Sarson	Herb	Whole plant	External lice (blood feeding)	Cow, buffaloes	Paste		Dermal	Five days
Calotropis procera (Willd.) R.Br. Apocynaceae; KUH-429	Spulmaey	Shrub	Fruit, leaves	Intestinal worms and skin infections	Buffaloes, cow, goat, sheep	Paste, concoction	Sugar	Oral, dermal	Three days
Cannabis sativa L. Cannabaceae; KUH-430	Bhang	Shrub	Leaves	External parasite, appetizer	Cow, donkey, buffaloes	Poultice, powder		Dermal, oral	Two days
Chenopodium album L. Amaranthaceae; KUH-431	Samaray	Herb	Whole plant	Wound healing	Goat, sheep, cow	Paste		Dermal	One day
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. Asteraceae; KUH-432	Chitti pulari	Herb	Whole plant	Increase milk production	Goat, cow, buffaloes	Powder	Flour	Oral	Continuously
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. Cucurbitaceae; KUH-433	Karthuma	Herb	Root	Skin infection	Buffalo, cow, goat, sheep	Juice		Dermal	Two days
Convolvulus arvensis L. Convolvulaceae; KUH-434	Shankpuspi	Herb	Whole plant	Constipation	Cow, buffaloes, sheep	Crushed	Sugar	Oral	Four days
Coriandrum sativum L. Apiaceae; KUH-435	Dhania	Herb	Leaves, root	Antidiuretic	Buffaloes	Decoction	Water	Oral	One week
Curcuma longa L. Zingiberaceae; KUH-436	Haldi	Tree	Leaves	Wound healing	Cow	Decoction	Sugar	Oral	Two days
Cynodon dactylon L. Poaceae; KUH-437	Wakha	Herb	Whole plant	Wound healing, analgesic	Cow, buffaloes	Concoction	Milk	Oral	Two days
Cynoglossum lanceolatum Forssk. Boraginaceae; KUH-438	Pachy	Herb	Root	Common cold	Cow, buffaloes	Crushed	Water	Oral	Two days
Cyperus niveus Retz. Cyperaceae; KUH-439	Kulio	Herb	Whole plant	Common cold, stomach worms, joint pains	Cow, goat	Crushed	Water	Oral	Four to five days
Datura inoxia Mill. Solanaceae; KUH-440	Mangaz	Herb	Whole plant	Antilice	Sheep, cow	Paste	Milk	Dermal	Three days
Hedera nepalensis K. Koch Araliaceae; KUH-441	Zalai	Shrub	Leaves	To remove leeches	Sheep	Infusion		Nasal	Three days
Melia azedarach L. Meliaceae; KUH-442	Dhrek	Tree	Leaves	Stomach flatulence	Cow, buffaloes	Powder	Sugar	Oral	Four days
Mentha arvensis Linn. Lamiaceae; KUH-443	Pudina	Herb	Leaves	External parasite	Cow	Paste		Dermal	Four days
Morus alba L., Moraceae; KUH-444	Toot	Tree	Leaves, fruit	Laxative	Buffaloes	Crushed	Milk	Oral	Two days
Morus nigra L. Moraceae; KUH-445	Tor toot	Tree	Leaves	Tonic, laxative	Cow, buffaloes	Powder	Water	Oral	Three days
Nerium oleander L. Apocynaceae; KUH-446	Ghanderay	Shrub	Whole plant	Stomachache	Sheep	Concoction	Water	Oral	One week
Ocimum basilicum L. Lamiaceae; KUH-447	Kashmalay	Shrub	Leaves	Gastrointestinal	Buffaloes	Decoction	Water	Oral	Four days
Punica granatum L. Lythraceae; KUH-448	Anar	Shrub	Fruit, leaves	Anthelmintic	Cow, buffaloes, goat	Decoction	Milk	Oral	Two days
Ricinus communis Linn. Euphorbiaceae; KUH-449	Arund	Shrub	Leaves, stem	Common cold	Buffaloes, cow	Powder	Flour	Oral	Three days
Rumex hastatus D. Don. Polygonaceae; KUH-450	Tarooky	Shrub	Root and leaves	Wound healing	Goat, cow, buffaloes	Powder	Flour	Oral	Four days
Solanum surrattense Burm. f. Solanaceae; KUH-451	Kandiari	Herb	Whole plant	Fever, cough, intestinal infections	Cow, buffaloes, goat, sheep	Crushed	Flour	Oral	One week
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill. Asteraceae; KUH-452	Spingul	Herb	Whole plant	Milk production	Goat, cow, buffaloes	Decoction	Flour	Oral	Continuously
Tagetes minuta L. Asteraceae; KUH-453	Ban hanjari	Herb	Leaves	Skin infections	Cow, buffaloes	Juice		Dermal	Five days
Tamarix aphylla (L.) H. Karst. Tamaricaceae; KUH-454	Khagal	Tree	Leaves	Kill worms of wounds	Cow	Paste		Dermal	Four days
Tinospora cordifolia Miers. Menispermaceae; KUH-455	Giloe	Climber	Whole plant	Skin infections	Cow, goat	Poultice		Dermal	Three days
Tribulus terrestris Linn. Zygophyllaceae; KUH-456	Markondai	Herb	Whole plant	Chronic cough	Cow, buffaloes, goat	Crushed	Sugar	Oral	One week
Trifolium repens L. Papilionaceae; KUH-457	Shoutal	Shrub	Root	Tonic, laxative	Goat, cow	Powder	Flour	Oral	One day
Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae; KUH-458	Gandam	Herb	Seeds	Common cold, dysentery	Cow	Powder	Flour	Oral	Two days
Verbena officinalis L. Verbenaceae; KUH-459	Shamakay	Herb	Stem, leaves	Wound healing	Buffaloes	Decoction	Milk	Oral	Three days
Vitex negundo L. Verbenaceae; KUH-460	Marmandi	Shrub	Stem	Mange, fever, stomach problems	Cow, goat	Crushed, decoction	Sugar	Oral	Four to six days
Zizyphus nummularia W. & A. Rhamnaceae; KUH-461	Kurkunda	Tree	Leaves	Wound healing	Cow	Decoction	Sugar	Oral	Three days