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<p>Traditional healing practices of Pnar and War communities in West Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya, Northeast India</p><p> </p><p><strong><br /></strong></p>

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Title Statement <p>Traditional healing practices of Pnar and War communities in West Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya, Northeast India</p><p> </p><p><strong><br /></strong></p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Debnath, B ; Plant Diversity and Forest Biotechnology Laboratory Department of Forestry and Biodiversity, Tripura University (A Central University) Suryamaninagar, Tripura- 799022, India
Langshiang, A S; Plant Diversity and Forest Biotechnology Laboratory Department of Forestry and Biodiversity, Tripura University (A Central University) Suryamaninagar, Tripura- 799022, India
Debnath, A ; Plant Diversity and Forest Biotechnology Laboratory Department of Forestry and Biodiversity, Tripura University (A Central University) Suryamaninagar, Tripura- 799022, India
Bhattacharjee, A ; Plant Diversity and Forest Biotechnology Laboratory Department of Forestry and Biodiversity, Tripura University (A Central University) Suryamaninagar, Tripura- 799022, India
Paul, C ; Plant Diversity and Forest Biotechnology Laboratory Department of Forestry and Biodiversity, Tripura University (A Central University) Suryamaninagar, Tripura- 799022, India
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Ethnomedicine; FIC value; FL level; Jaintia; Pnar and War; Traditional healers
 
Summary, etc. <p>Pnar and War are the most predominant and oldest ethnic community in the West Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya; they have faith on the medicinal plants for their primary health care. Information about the ethno medicinal uses of several plants were collected through interview of the local respondents following the standard ethno medicinal methods. Statistical tools, informant consensus factors (F<sub>IC</sub>) and fidelity level (FL) were used to analyze the importance of ethnomedicinal plants. The present investigation revealed 70 plant species belong 64 genera, under 44 family were being used against different ailments, which were classified into 11 groups. The results of the F<sub>IC</sub> value of blood related disease category had the greatest agreement =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 (<em>Melastoma malabathricum</em>, 95.83%), followed by external injuries and bleeding (<em>Centella asiatica</em>, 94.11%), oral, dental and otorhinolaryngolgical problems (<em>Curcuma longa</em>, 91.66%).</p>
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK)
2020-12-30 12:30:42
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK); ##issue.vol## 19, ##issue.no## 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
 
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