TO IDENTIFY AND IMPROVE THE USE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SOUTHERN BALOCHISTAN TURBAT (KECH)

Balochistan is the native home of many medicianl plants. Local people use thses medicinal plants cure of different disesase. Current reserch work descibes the knowledge in traditional practices of plants identified among the peoples of district turbat, balochistan pakistan. Information was collected from 50 informants. 38 informants were female and 12 were male. The informant was grouped into four distinctive age groups. Number of male herbalist were 12 from age 45 between 65 and number of female herbalist were 38 from age 38 to 70. Medicinal plant were used for different diseases from which 14 were used for diseases of git, 11 plants were used for anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects, 5 plants are used due to anti microbial effects, 4 plants were used for different blood disease, 3 plants were used in fever, 3 plants for skin disease, 2 plants for CNS effects and 2 used in liver disease, only one is in cough.