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Traditional Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Different Skin Diseases of Santals at Abdullahpur Village Under Akkelpur Upazilla of Joypurhat District, Bangladesh

A.H.M. Mahbubur Rahman*
Rajshahi University, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A survey on ethno-medicinal plants used in the treatment of skin diseases in the village Abdullahpur under Akkelpur Upazilla of Joypurhat district, Bangladesh has been conducted during November 2012 to October 2013. The information on the utilization of the medicinal plants for above purpose was collected on the basis of personal interviews with traditional healers/herbalists/kabiraj. The investigation revealed that 41 medicinal plants belonging to 25 families and 41 genera are used in the treatment of skin disease in Joypurhat district, Bangladesh.

Keywords: Medicinal plants, Treatment, Skin diseases, Santals, Joypurhat, Bangladesh

Location: Abdullahpur Village under Akkelpur Upazilla of Joypurhat District, Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-11-2012

End Date: 00-11-2013

Program Area: Development of Host and Medicinal Plants

Commodity: Diseases

Objectives:

The aim of the present study was to assess the plant species used for medicinal values as treatment of skin disorder specially.

Methodology:

Ethno-botanical data were collected through survey during November 2012 to October 2013 with traditional healers, local knowledgeable person, old age men and tribal doctors in the field trips. During the interview local names, useful part of the plant, method of drug preparation and dosage. The plant species were identified with the help of regional and local floras. The method of collection of voucher specimens, their preservation herbaria and technique for the collection of ethno-medico-botanical information follows Jain and Rao.

Source of Information: Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2013, Vol. 1, No. 2, 17-20

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI:10.12691/bb-1-2-4

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Achievement/Findings:

The present findings are the first record of traditional medicinal plants used in the treatment of different skin diseases by Santals Joypurhat district of Bangladesh using standard research protocols. A total of 41 plant species under 41 genera of 25 families have been documented which are used for the treatment of different skin diseases. It can be concluded that the tribal people of study area have very good knowledge on the use of medicinal plants. But such knowledge of medicinal plants is restricted to a few persons in an rural area. Therefore it is necessary that suitable requirements are needed in order to protect the traditional knowledge in a particular area with reference to medicinal plants utilization and it was found that traditional ethno-medicine still persists among the Santals in Joypurhat district of Bangladesh.

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