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Therapeutic Uses of Medicinal Plants in Naogaon District, Bangladesh

Md. Salahuddin Sarder
Department of Pharmacy, University of Development Alternative, Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tarana Afrooz
Department of Pharmacy, University of Development Alternative, Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Shahanoor Rohani
Department of Pharmacy, University of Development Alternative, Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Moutushi Khan Tuti
Department of Pharmacy, University of Development Alternative, Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammed Rahmatullah*
Mohammed Rahmatullah Department of Pharmacy, University of Development Alternative, Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Folk medicinal practitioners (FMPs) in Bangladesh are mostly plant-based medical practitioners who practice on their own without recourse to any formal medical education. The objective of this study was to document the therapeutic uses of plants by three FMPs in Naogaon district, Bangladesh. The FMPs were observed to use 14 plants distributed into 13 families. The major thing about the phytotherapeutic uses of the plants by the three FMPs was the mostly uncommon use of the plants. As such, the information provided by them adds significantly to the folk medicinal literature of Bangladesh and can aid the scientist to develop new lines of pharmacological research on the plants.

Keywords: Phytotherapy, Folk medicinal practitioner, Naogaon, Bangladesh

Location: Naogaon district, Bangladesh

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Program Area: Development of Host and Medicinal Plants

Commodity: Medicinal Plants

Objectives:

The objective of the present study was to document the phytotherapeutic practices of three FMPs in Naogaon district, Bangladesh

Methodology:

The documentation was carried out in 2017 with three FMPs in Naogaon district, Bangladesh. Details about the FMPs are given below. i) Sreedam Chandra Prang, 55 years, male, practicing for 27 years, Shinga village, Naogaon district, learned from guru Mahim Haldar. ii) Jasim Uddin, 83 years, male, practicing for unknown number of years, Kanchanpur village, Naogaon district, learned from guru Bashir Talukdar. iii) Md. Ashraful Haq, 32 years, male, practicing for 5 years, Ruddhamukha village, Naogaon district.

Prior Informed Consent was first obtained from the FMPs. They were told about the nature of our visit. Actual interviews were conducted in the Bengali language, which was spoken fluently by the FMPs as well as the interviewers. The interviews were conducted with the help of a semi-structured questionnaire and the guided field-walk method of Martin and Maundu. In this method the FMPs took the interviewers on guided field-walks through areas from where they collected their medicinal plants, pointed out the plants, and described their uses. All plant specimens were photographed and collected on the spot, pressed, dried and brought back to Bangladesh National Herbarium at Dhaka for identification. Voucher specimens were also deposited with the Medicinal Plant Collection Wing of the University of Development Alternative. Two points are to be noted here; the first is that the second FMP (Jasim Uddin) expired shortly after being interviewed, and the second point is that accession numbers of several plants were not obtained from the Bangladesh National Herbarium because of their common nature and being easily recognized.

Source of Information: Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies 2018; 6(3): 123-126

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Although meho is derived in Sanskrit from what appears to mean profuse watering (urination), a condition of diabetic patients, in Ayurveda diabetes is more known as madhumeha or sweet tasting urine. The leaves of Andrographis paniculata have previously been reported by us to be used in liver disorders and hepatitis B, but not the flowers. Use of leaves to treat liver disorders and helminthiasis has also been reported. However, the polyherbal formulation containing Andrographis paniculata, Piper nigrum, Piper peepuloides, and Zingiber officinale for treatment of liver cirrhosis, is to our knowledge, the first of its kind. Roots of Achyranthes aspera have been reported by us for treatment of pain by FMPs [26], which use and the part of the plant used is different from the presently reported uses. With the exception of Cissus quadrangularis to treat bone fracture, the therapeutic uses and mode of use of the other plants by the FMPs are mostly new to our knowledge. Thus these plants merit potential for scientific studies towards discovery of more efficacious therapeutic agents.

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