Medicinal plants used in indigenous therapy by people of Madyan Valley in district Swat, Pakistan

Medicinal plants are small natural factories that produced valuable secondary metabolites which can be used for the treatment of various ailments. The present study was carried out to investigate the Ethnobotanical uses of medicinal plants by the locals of Madyan valley, District Swat. During the studies 100 plants of the area were found to be diuretic, tonic, astringent and carminative, purgative, laxative, stimulant, narcotic, expectorant, anthelmintic, emetic, demulcent, antipyretic, antiseptic, sedative, aphrodisiac, diaphoretic, emollient, anticancer, antispasmodic, aromatic. Some plants are specially used for respiratory diseases, stomach diseases, fever, skin diseases, diarrhea, dysentery, heart diseases, jaundice, toothache, kidney diseases, hypertension, rheumatism and epilepsy.