A STUDY ON THE INDIGENOUS MEDICINAL PLA
Kabir and Saha, IJP, 2014; Vol. 1(10): 654-659.
ISSN: 2348-3962
IJP (2014), Vol. 1, Issue 10
(Research article)
Received on 19 July, 2014; received in revised form, 13 September, 2014; accepted, 29 September, 2014; published 01 October, 2014
A STUDY ON THE INDIGENOUS MEDICINAL PLANTS AND HEALING PRACTICES OF
MURONG TRIBE IN KHAGRACHARI DISTRICT (BANGLADESH)
Tasmiatul Kabir 1* and Subrata Saha 2
Department of Pharmacy 1, University of Asia Pacific, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Department of Pharmacy 2, University of Development Alternative, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Keywords:
Ethnomedicine, Tribe, Murong,
Ramgarh, Khagrachari, Ailment.
Correspondence to Author:
Tamiatul Kabir
Department of Pharmacy,
University of Asia Pacific,
Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
E-mail: tasmiatul.kabir@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: An ethnomedicinal survey was carried out during August 2008 to
October 2008 among tribal medicinal practitioners of the Murong tribes. Various
Murong Tribal practitioners practiced in their localities for treating different kinds of disease of Ramgarh Upazila, Khagrachari districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts Region in Bangladesh. We observed to use 40 plants species belonging to 29 families in various treatment of disease. This diversity only adds to the uniqueness of the traditional medicinal practices, and opens up scientific possibilities of discovering different drugs from different medicinal plants to treat any given ailment. These tribal medicinal plants were mostly used for treatment of constipation, cough, fever, diarrhea, dysentery, diuretic, diabetes, eczema, itches, jaundice, skin disease, vomiting, wound, joint pain and worm. The plants were collected and identified botanically along with their scientific name, local name, family name, habit, parts used and medicinal uses. This detailed information will be helpful for the pharmacognosist, botanist and pharmacologist for the collection and identification of the plant for their research work.
ISSN: 2348-3962
IJP (2014), Vol. 1, Issue 10
(Research article)
Received on 19 July, 2014; received in revised form, 13 September, 2014; accepted, 29 September, 2014; published 01 October, 2014
A STUDY ON THE INDIGENOUS MEDICINAL PLANTS AND HEALING PRACTICES OF
MURONG TRIBE IN KHAGRACHARI DISTRICT (BANGLADESH)
Tasmiatul Kabir 1* and Subrata Saha 2
Department of Pharmacy 1, University of Asia Pacific, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Department of Pharmacy 2, University of Development Alternative, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Keywords:
Ethnomedicine, Tribe, Murong,
Ramgarh, Khagrachari, Ailment.
Correspondence to Author:
Tamiatul Kabir
Department of Pharmacy,
University of Asia Pacific,
Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
E-mail: tasmiatul.kabir@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: An ethnomedicinal survey was carried out during August 2008 to
October 2008 among tribal medicinal practitioners of the Murong tribes. Various
Murong Tribal practitioners practiced in their localities for treating different kinds of disease of Ramgarh Upazila, Khagrachari districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts Region in Bangladesh. We observed to use 40 plants species belonging to 29 families in various treatment of disease. This diversity only adds to the uniqueness of the traditional medicinal practices, and opens up scientific possibilities of discovering different drugs from different medicinal plants to treat any given ailment. These tribal medicinal plants were mostly used for treatment of constipation, cough, fever, diarrhea, dysentery, diuretic, diabetes, eczema, itches, jaundice, skin disease, vomiting, wound, joint pain and worm. The plants were collected and identified botanically along with their scientific name, local name, family name, habit, parts used and medicinal uses. This detailed information will be helpful for the pharmacognosist, botanist and pharmacologist for the collection and identification of the plant for their research work.
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