Open AccessEntomotherapy: a study of medicinal insects of three ethnic groups in Semkhor Area, Dima Hasao District, Assam
Author(s) -
Sri Ron Kemprai,
Ajit Kr. Tamuli,
Robindra Teron
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian scientific journal of research in engineering and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-3930
DOI - 10.55041/ijsrem11486
Subject(s) - ethnic group , traditional medicine , geography , medicine , anthropology , sociology
The ethnic communities in Semkhor have kept a close relationship with nature since time immemorial and have traditionally used different kinds of insects and their products as folk medicine to treat a variety of human ills and diseases. The present study was conducted to record the entomotherapeutic practices of seven different ethnic groups of Semkhor.