Medicinal plants used against dysentery, diarrhoea and cholera by the tribes of erstwhile Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh

Abstract

The present paper deals with 35 plant species used against dysentery, diarrhoea and cholera by the tribes of erstwhile Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. Personal observations on the method of utilization along with botanical names of the plants, parts used and dose regime presented here are part of the empiric knowledge confined to the ethnic groups. The paper emphasizes the conservation of the indigenous plant wealth through commercial cultivation and also for developing new and more efficacious remedies after detailed pharmacological and clinical investigations on these plants.