Expectorants Extracted from Plants by Local Folklore Ofnorth Eastern Tarai Belt of Gorakhpur Region, U.P. India

Today the mankind is reeling under the pressure of the side effects of allopathic medicines. All the developing countries have realized the value of natural and herbal medicines. This north eastern Tarai region of Gorakhpur is very rich and diverse in vegetation. So is the richness of its folklore. Attempt has been made to enlist all the medicinally useful plants which are being used as expectorants from time immemorial by the local people.