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Traditional healing practices of Pnar and War communities in West Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, Northeast India

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Title Traditional healing practices of Pnar and War communities in West Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, Northeast India
 
Creator Langshiang, A S
Debnath, A
Bhattacharjee, A
Paul, C
Debnath, B
 
Subject Ethnomedicine
FIC value
FL level
Jaintia
Pnar and War
Traditional healers
 
Description 776-787
Pnar and War are the most predominant and oldest ethnic community in the West Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya; they have faith in the medicinal plants for their primary health care. Information about the ethnomedicinal uses of several plants was collected through interviews of the local respondents following the standard ethnomedicinal methods. Statistical tools, informant consensus factors (FIC), and fidelity levels (FL) were used to analyze the importance of ethnomedicinal plants. The present investigation revealed 70 plant species belonging to 64 genera under 44 families were being used against different ailments, and were classified into 11 groups. The results of the FIC value of blood related disease category had the greatest agreement (FIC=1.0), followed by urinogenetal disease (0.90), antidote (0.85), dermatological, fungal and bacterial infections (0.82). The highest FL values were gastrointestinal, parasitic and hepatobiliary (Melastoma malabathricum, 95.83%), followed by external injuries and bleeding (Centella asiatica, 94.11%), oral, dental and otorhinolaryngolgical problems (Curcuma longa, 91.66%).
 
Date 2020-12-23T09:56:05Z
2020-12-23T09:56:05Z
2020-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/55826
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.19(4) [October 2020]