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My experiences With Herbal Plants & Drugs As I Knew XXVII :
Joining Again CIMPO (CSIR), Establishing of Soc. of Ethnobotanist
and the Plant Fagopyrum Esculentum (Buckwheat)

N.C.Shah

Abstract

The author recalls his days, when he worked at CCRAS Unit at Lucknow and then again joined CIMAP. How the
Society of Ethnobotanist was formed at Lucknow. Fagopyrum esculentum, buckwheat a staple food in the
Himalayan region, used during fasting days of Navratri and Shivaratri in North Indian states is described with its
historical account, its utility as a nutrional food, its botany, distribution, chemistry, pharmacology and medicinal
uses. Its uptakes helps in regulating the blood pressure

Corresponding Author :
Founder & Ex. director,
Herbal Research & Development Institute, Uttarakhand
& Retd. Head Botany & Pharmacognosy Division, CIMAP
Founder Secretary. cum Treasurer,
Society of Ethnobotanist (lndia).
MS-78, Sector-D, Aliganj, Lucknow-226024
Phone: 0522-2326489. E-mail:shahncdr@gmail.com