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Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe of Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh

CONTEXT: Medicinal practices of the tribes of Bangladesh remain largely un-documented. AIMS: The aim of the present study was to conduct an ethnomedicinal survey and documentation among the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe of Bangladesh. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: The survey was carried out among the Nag...

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Autores principales: Das, Protiva Rani, Islam, Md. Tabibul, Jahan, Rownak, Rahmatullah, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4078472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24991070
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0257-7941.131975
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author Das, Protiva Rani
Islam, Md. Tabibul
Jahan, Rownak
Rahmatullah, Mohammed
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Islam, Md. Tabibul
Jahan, Rownak
Rahmatullah, Mohammed
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description CONTEXT: Medicinal practices of the tribes of Bangladesh remain largely un-documented. AIMS: The aim of the present study was to conduct an ethnomedicinal survey and documentation among the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe of Bangladesh. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: The survey was carried out among the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribal community of Moulvibazar district. The clan, according to them, is the only Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe in Bangladesh. The clan has three tribal healers, still continuing their traditional medicinal practices. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Interviews of the healers were carried out with the help of a semi-structured questionnaire and the guided field-walk method. RESULTS: The Nag clan healers were observed to use 28 different plant species distributed into 22 families for treatment of ailments such as fever, loss of appetite, male infertility, dysentery, lower abdominal pain during menstruation, jaundice, stomachache, burning sensations during urination, bodily pain and weak health. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first reported study of the traditional medicinal practices of Nag clan healers. Several of the plants can be validated in their uses on the basis of existing scientific literature. The medicinal plants used by the Nag healers warrant further scientific studies, for the plants are readily available and can form alternative medicinal sources instead of costlier biomedical drugs.
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spelling pubmed-40784722014-07-02 Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe of Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh Das, Protiva Rani Islam, Md. Tabibul Jahan, Rownak Rahmatullah, Mohammed Anc Sci Life Original Article CONTEXT: Medicinal practices of the tribes of Bangladesh remain largely un-documented. AIMS: The aim of the present study was to conduct an ethnomedicinal survey and documentation among the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe of Bangladesh. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: The survey was carried out among the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribal community of Moulvibazar district. The clan, according to them, is the only Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe in Bangladesh. The clan has three tribal healers, still continuing their traditional medicinal practices. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Interviews of the healers were carried out with the help of a semi-structured questionnaire and the guided field-walk method. RESULTS: The Nag clan healers were observed to use 28 different plant species distributed into 22 families for treatment of ailments such as fever, loss of appetite, male infertility, dysentery, lower abdominal pain during menstruation, jaundice, stomachache, burning sensations during urination, bodily pain and weak health. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first reported study of the traditional medicinal practices of Nag clan healers. Several of the plants can be validated in their uses on the basis of existing scientific literature. The medicinal plants used by the Nag healers warrant further scientific studies, for the plants are readily available and can form alternative medicinal sources instead of costlier biomedical drugs. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC4078472/ /pubmed/24991070 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0257-7941.131975 Text en Copyright: © Ancient Science of Life http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Das, Protiva Rani
Islam, Md. Tabibul
Jahan, Rownak
Rahmatullah, Mohammed
Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe of Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh
title Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe of Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh
title_full Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe of Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh
title_fullStr Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe of Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe of Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh
title_short Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Nag clan of the Rai Ghatual tribe of Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh
title_sort ethnomedicinal plants used by the nag clan of the rai ghatual tribe of moulvibazar district, bangladesh
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4078472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24991070
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0257-7941.131975
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