Abstract

ETHNO-BOTANICAL KNOWLEDGE TO CURE PILES AND FISTULA AS PRACTICED IN KAMRUP (RURAL) DISTRICT OF ASSAM

Nayanika Devi, Khaleda Begum and *Namita Nath

Abstract

A survey was conducted to collect information of ethno-medicine or plants used for treatment of piles and fistula by the people of 20 selected villages of Kamrup (Rural) district under Hajo and Kamalpur Block. From this survey it was found that 19 species of plants use as herbal remedies to treat piles and fistula on the basis of their ancestral knowledge and empiric experiences. The rural people still continue to depend on medicinal plants or on traditional herbal recipes. The wealth of traditional knowledge needs to be documented, preserved and studied scientifically for which there is tremendous demand globally. Such study may help to understand remedial plant metabolites and implementation of this knowledge of ethno-medicine may lead to novel drug discovery for betterment of mankind.

Keywords: Ethno-medicine, piles, fistula, recipe, Kamrup (Rural).