The Basic Handbook of Indian Ethnobotany and Traditional Medicine vol (2024)

Ethnobiological and Traditional Medicine Practices in Burdwan District , West Bengal , India

2015

A comprehensive study on documenting traditional medicinal practices was carried between January 2013 to December 2014 at Burdwan district, West Bengal, India. The most of the people of the district are tribal. The tibals are use those medicine which are mostly synthesize from natural things or plant sources. This medicine are called ethnomedicine. For most of the tribal communities, there is a little published data on ethnomedicinally important plants, so at first by the help of survey data was collected from different tribal and non-tribal community. Here, a total of 25 traditional medicine practices were describe for the treatment of 11 disease. The mode of preparation and administration of the herbal treatment varied widely. Leaf or root was the most frequently used plant part in the herbal medicine preparation. In future, this study will enrich the data bank of ethnobotany and incorporate new information about non-conventional uses of plant medicine.

Practice of Ethno medicine among the Chothe Tribe of Manipur North-East India. By Charles C Yuhlung

2015

The paper focuses on ethno-medicine practiced by the Chothe an indigenous tribe of Manipur. They have been practicing ethno-medicine since early days but nowadays their tradition is deteriorating with ignorance of its traditional values. But, few herbs and plants are still used in the treatment of various ailments and diseases till date. There are about 47 ethno-medicinal plants and 8 religious significant plants identified that are considered useful to our fragile health. Most of these plants identified are consumed as daily food items, while some are used for specific remedial purposes in the treatment of certain types of ailments and diseases like fever, cough, asthma, bronchitis, gastritis-ulcer, jaundice, piles, etc. Besides, some of these plants have religious significance too. The changing environmental conditions worldwide have also impacted on their food habits, health and lifestyle which now pose a threat to their existing life.

Practice of Ethno-medicine among the Chothe Tribe of Manipur, North-East India

Abstract: The paper focuses on ethno-medicine practiced by the Chothe an indigenous tribe of Manipur. They have been practicing ethno-medicine since early days but nowadays their tradition is deteriorating with ignorance of its traditional values. But, few herbs and plants are still used in the treatment of various ailments and diseases till date. There are about 47 ethno-medicinal plants and 8 religious significant plants identified that are considered useful to our fragile health. Most of these plants identified are consumed as daily food items, while some are used for specific remedial purposes in the treatment of certain types of ailments and diseases like fever, cough, asthma, bronchitis, gastritis-ulcer, jaundice, piles, etc. Besides, some of these plants have religious significance too. The changing environmental conditions worldwide have also impacted on their food habits, health and lifestyle which now pose a threat to their existing life.

Ethno-Medical Practices among the Bhumij of Jharkhand, India

BAOJ Medical and Nursing, 2017

India is a habitat of people belonging to diverse indigenous. They are known as by their simple but unique life style. The extensive move towards modernization notwithstanding their tradition, culture and identified social organisation, embodies tremendous knowledge of herbal plants and its medicinal values. In this paper, an attempt has been made to highlight the traditional beliefs of the tribal people in a particular hilly rural setting of Jharkhand in respect of their healing practices by using the anthropological fieldwork methods. Various common health problems of the people and their respected remedies have been brought into consideration. Besides, megico- religious and other supernatural beliefs have been evaluated here in addition to the discussion on the herbal medicine that have been practised by the people concerned, through generations, as they have developed an idea on the medicinal aspects of variegated herbs that have a wild growth in the jungle and these have been patterned into their cultural traditions.

Report on the status of Indian medicine and folk healing-with a focus on the benefits that the systems have given the public

AYU (An International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda), 2011

Ethno-medicinal practices among the Toto tribe in Alipurduar, West Bengal

International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 2021

Background: Ethno-medicinal practices has been widely using by the people of every corner of the world. Tribes are not exceptional from this. Totos are residing at the Alipurduar district of the state West Bengal. They strongly believe the natural resources of the earth like wind, water, fire and forest. They living totally forest oriented life. Ethno-medicine also somehow depends upon the natural resources as well as various types of plants.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design has been employed for this present study. The study has been done among the 152 families. Apart from this the data regarding various types of diseases and their curing system has been gathered through interview and observation methods. Schedule and questionnaire method has been also employed to collect data of disease pattern and their treatment system.Results: It has been observed that 15.13%, 53.29% and 31.58% families believe on ethno-medicine, both ethno-medicine as well as modern medicine ...

The cultural logic of Indian medicine: Prognosis and etiology in Rajasthani popular therapeutics

Social Science & Medicine, 1992

Traditional System of Medicine and Medical Anthropology: A Review

Medicinal Anthropology has risen as a basic sub-discipline of Anthropology in the contemporary world. Medical anthropologists have been studying different health beliefs and practices, which are practiced by various societies especially those systems which do not come under the genesis of modern medicine. The anthropological researches have revealed that every known human society has its own particular thought of illness and peculiar methods of cure. The investigation of Tribal health culture over the globe has received consideration of medical anthropologist in the recent years. The present research elucidates the concept of health and illness and what role medical anthropology has to play in the field of traditional medicine. It gives an account of traditional systems of medicine which are still practiced in India and other regions of the world. For a better understanding of the health care utilization and successful implementation of health policies, it is important to study indigenous medicinal systems and integrate these into the mainstream health programs. Some ethnobotanical studies in the Himalayan region document the rich flora of the area and the use of herbal remedies for a cure by indigenous healers present in rural societies. Integrating these systems into the mainstream health plans would be helpful in providing cure to all and save these systems from extinction.

Towards an ethnography of Indian homeopathy

Anthropology & Medicine, 2004

Traditional knowledge of ethnomedicine in Jaunsar-bawar, Dehradun district

2003

In Jaunsar-bawar area (Chakrata tehsil o f Dehrad un di stric t). differe nt kinds of med ica l prac titi oners (pries ts. mag icians, exorcists and quacks) abou nd . Many cures are e ffec ted by o ne o r more persons treating a single patie nt at a time or in succession. In trad itio na l soc ie ti es. herbali sts and midwives freq uently acqu ire their skill s from their mothers o r o ther c lose re lati ves. In most of these rura l societies, the ir loca lities are a lmost bere ft of modern health facilities. In such a s ituation. they use their traditi onal know ledge about the locall y availabl e plants to c ure many di seases. In this paper. an attempt has been made to see how these e thnomed icines are useful in Jaunsar-bawar to mainta in the ir healthy life.