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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2013; 03(01): 30-34
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703630
Original Article

TRADITIONAL SEASONAL HEALTH FOOD PRACTICES IN SOUTHWEST INDIA: NUTRITIONAL AND MEDICINAL PERSPECTIVES

Bhagya B.
1   Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka, India
,
Ramakrishna A.
2   Professor, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka, India
,
Sridhar K. R.
3   Professor, Department of Biosciences, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Mangalore - 574 199, Karnataka, India
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Abstract

The unique traditional practices of people belonging to Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka (Southwest India) utilize a variety of plant species for nutritional and medicinal purposes. This indigenous traditional knowledge (folklore/plantlore of food and medicine) is usually associated with rituals like 'Aati Amavasye'. Several plant species are used in a specific season as nutritional and or medicinal source. In changing time, such unique practices are disappearing and restricted largely to remote rural areas. Attention to identify the nutritional novelties, medicinal uniqueness, mode of formulations, and effectiveness of plant species need further exploration.

Keywords

Traditional knowledge - plantlore - nutraceutical - ethnonutrition - ethnomedicine


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Article published online:
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