Traditional knowledge and indigenous medicine of the tribal of Biosphere Reserve, Central India

Abstract

The present ethno-botanical exploration study presents the utilities of traditional knowledge and indigenous medicine by tribes of the Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve (AABR), central India. Total seventy plant species from forty three families, which are therapeutically used against different diseases, such as stomachache, fever, jaundice, dysentery, skin diseases, piles and spermatorrhoea etc., are covered in this paper. Part of the plant used, dosage, and the mode of drug administration in different ailments are described. The present study was focused on study area to collect traditional knowledge (IK) regarding medicinal plants from herbal practioners, and ethnic peoples.