Plants Used in the Treatment of Piles by the Scheduled Caste Community of Andro Village in Imphal East District, Manipur (India)
2014; Science Publishing Group; Volume: 2; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.11648/j.jps.20140203.13
ISSN2331-0731
Autores Tópico(s)South Asian Studies and Conflicts
ResumoThe present study was carried out at Andro Village in Imphal East district (Manipur) in the remote North-Eastern corner of India. The village is inhabited by a scheduled caste community known as ‘Lois’. The scheduled caste people of Andro Village have a very good knowledge about the treatment of various diseases and ailments with plants. Hemorrhoids’ (Piles) is commonly occurring ailment in Andro village and the villagers treat Piles successfully with the help of different plant species found within their village and the adjoining Baruni (Nongmaiching) Hills. Every elderly people of Andro have common knowledge and easy cure for many common aliments and most of the elderly people uses and prepare different types of medicines from different plant parts. A total of 29 medicinal plant species belonging to 27 genera and distributed over 19 families were found to be used by the schedule caste community of Andro in the treatment of rectum disease-piles. Some of the species used are Acacia farnesiana (Linn.) Willd., Azadirachta indica A.Juss., .Chamaesvce hirta (L.) Millsp, Elsholtzia blanda (Benth.) Benth., Hedychium coronarium Koenig ex Retz., Lantana camara Linn., Leucaena leucocephala (Lamk.) de Wit, Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv., Xylosma longifolium Clos etc.
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