Open AccessExploration of some folk medicinal claims of Mizoram (India)
Author(s) -
B. K. Bharali,
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Devanjal Bora,
D Baruah,
Tarun C. Bora,
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Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of ayurvedic and herbal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2454-5023
DOI - 10.31254/jahm.2016.2206
Subject(s) - traditional medicine , flora (microbiology) , medicinal plants , rural population , population , geography , socioeconomics , folk medicine , primary health care , traditional knowledge , fauna , medicine , diversity (politics) , health care , agroforestry , environmental health , ecology , economic growth , biology , political science , sociology , genetics , indigenous , bacteria , economics , law
India has rich diversity of medicinal plants. The tribal peoples in different parts of India use their traditional knowledge in their primary health care. This traditional system of medicine serves a large portion of rural population which is out of reach and infrequently intruded by modern health care system. Mizoram, one of the North eastern states of India positioned in extreme of Himalayan ranges is rich in flora and fauna. There is high prevalence of folk medicinal practice in the rural areas of the state. 14 such folk medicinal claims of herbal origin documented from Lunglei and Darlawn area of Mizoram have been presented in this study.