EthnoBotany in Relation to Traditional Herbal Home Remedies for Diabetes in Tribals of Bastar Chhattisgarh

M.K. Sinha, V.K. Kanungo, M.L. Naik" - Department of Botany, Govt. Nagarjuna PG. College of Science, Raipur (C.G.)

Traditional home remedies and herbal medicine constitute prominent dimensions of local health tradition and unique heritage of district Bastar, Chhattisgarh. In Chhattisgarh, traditional home remedies and herbal medicines are administered both in remote rural areas as well as in urban areas where allopathic medicine is easily available. The health of the people of the state is determined by medical pluralism. Chhattisgarh, the premier herbal state of India upholds unique local health tradition interlinked with a large number of sacred grooves sand rich traditional knowledge base of thousands of folk healers, Baidyas, Guniyas and local knowledgeable person in tribal area of Bastar. The Traditional Folk Healers of Bastar, Chhattisgarh have sustained a wide range of folk healing practices since generations together. In recent years, there has been renewed interest in the treatment of different diseases using herbal medicine. Present study is carried out in various localities in district Bastar of Chhattisgarh State. Fifteen antidiabetic plants and plant formulations were documented in this field survey during the year 2006 to 2008. Most of the formulations are found as Decoction Paste and Juice extract.


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Sinha et al. (2016) : EthnoBotany in Relation to Traditional Herbal Home Remedies for Diabetes in Tribals of Bastar Chhattisgarh . Research Expression 1 : 1 (2016) 122 - 27