Medicinal Flora and Related Traditional Knowledge of Western Ghats: A Potential Source for Community-Based Malaria Management Through Endogenous Approach

Abstract ....................................................................................................240 8.1 Introduction .....................................................................................240 8.2 Epidemiology of Malaria in Areas of Western Ghats .....................245 8.3 Botanical Listing of Traditional Anti-Malarials from Western Ghats ..246 8.4 Ethno-Pharmacology of Traditional Anti-Malarials .......................248 8.5 An Example of a Remedy and Its Assessment: Ayurveda

and Pharmacological Evidence .......................................................250 8.6 Community-Based Participatory Study ..........................................250 8.7 Conclusion ......................................................................................250 Acknowledgements ..................................................................................251 Keywords .................................................................................................251 References ................................................................................................251