Medico-Religious Monocot Plants of Motihari

Abstract

Plants are considered as prime importance to human life since time immoral who depend onthem for food, shelter, clothing and tools for fulfilling spiritual needs. Ayurveda is closely connected withthe Vedic culture which is believed to have developed after the onset of Aryans in India. Man is usingplant as source of medicine since ancient times. The plants like Asparagas racemosus (LILIACEAE),Crinum asiaticum (AMARYLLIDACEAE), Curcuma longa (ZINGIBERACEAE), Cynodon dactylon(POACEAE), Dendrocalamus strictus (POACEAE), Desmostachya bipinnata (POACEAE), Saccharumoffcinarum (POACEAE), contain effective amounts of active principal of pharmaceutical uses.