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| Title: | Ethnomedicinal studies of the Khamti tribe of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Authors: | Das, AK
Tag, Hui |
| Keywords: | Arunachal Pradesh
Ethnomedicine
Folk medicine
Herbal remedies
Khamti tribe
Medicinal plants
Tribals |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/04, A61P1/08, A61P1/10, A61P1/16, A61P3/08, A61P5/00, A61P5/50, A61P11/00, A61P11/06,A61P11/08,A61P11/10, A61P11/12, A61P19/00, A61P29/00, A61P29/02, A61P33/06 |
| Abstract: | An ethnobotanical study was done in Khamti dominated area of Chongkam and
Namsai Circle of Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh during 2002-2004. Khamti tribe is rich in plant based
traditional knowledge. Of 45 medicinal plants studied, 5 plants were found to
be used in malaria and fever, 4 in bone fractured, 3 in anemia, 2 each in
snakebite, cancer, reproductive health, and rabies, 1 each in tuberculosis,
diabetes, and jaundice, and rest for curing different ailments which are used
either singly or in combined form. The science of orthopaedics was found to be
well developed and their medicinal preparation techniques are mostly
accompanied by enchanting traditional mantra. |
| Page(s): | 317-322 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.05(3) [July 2006]
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