TRADITIONAL ORAL CARE MEDICINAL PLANTS SURVEY OF DISTRICT CHHATARPUR IN MADHYA PRADESH.
Reenu Yadav*, Prachanti Ch
ABSTRACT
In District Chhatarpur of Madhya Pradesh, many tribal and rural people of villages significantly rely on the local plant resources for their primary healthcare needs. For improving and promoting oral hygiene they use a large number of plants. According to the survey in different parts of Chhatarpur has been documented 40 species belonging to 26 genera and 22 families, being used for dental and oral healthcare. Many plants can be used as chewing sticks or in curing the problems like toothache, bleeding, foetid smell of mouth etc.
Keywords: Dental and oral care plants, Chhatarpur, India.
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