A steady search has been made to bring out the secrecy of herbal recipe preparations from the manuscript of various
traditional medical practitioners who have been residing in the villages of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. The principal
objective of the study is to document a sum of 21 plants belonging to 18 genera and 21 species widely used for human
diseases such as antidote for Insect sting, Arteriosclerosis, Gastro intestinal disorders, Skin disorders, Migraine,
Giddiness, Eczema, Tonsillitis, Foot crack and also as Insect repellent and Fungicide in agricultural fields. The
potentiality of the herbal medicine is evaluated by observing the patients during and after the oral and external
administration of herbal recipe by the rural healers. Cultivation, conservation and proper utilization of medicinal
plant species are the need of hour to secure humans and agricultural crops from the adverse effects of broad spectrum of
antibiotics and chemical pesticides. Further this study opens the way for making ecofriendly safe drugs and bio
pesticides for mankind and cultivable plant species respectively.
THE MANEUVER OF HOUSE HOLD HERBAL REMEDIES FOR HUMAN AILMENTS AND AGRICULTURAL PESTS
