Ethnomedicinal wound healing plant in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh: a survey over Nimari communities

The present ethnobotanical study represents the wound healing treatments of various fresh plants which are found and used traditionally by the ‘Nimari’ people of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh state, India that lies between 22° 11' 0" North, 75° 35' 0" East. A total of 34 plants belonging to 24 families have been documented for their therapeutic use against wounds and related injuries such as cuts, burns and boils. Among all the plant parts, leaves were the most frequently utilized part of plant and most herbal remedies are prepared as paste or extract or juice and applied externally and were found to possess good healing property over a short period of time. All the plants have been reported for wound healing activity but none of them having scientific evidence that which compound is responsible for the activity. The present study concluded that further clinical and phytochemical experimentation is needed.