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Traditional healthcare practices among tribes: A study of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh

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Title Traditional healthcare practices among tribes: A study of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh
 
Creator Prasad, Shatrughan
 
Subject Bijadandi
Diseases
Healthcare
Mandla
Tribes
Traditional
 
Description 820-827
Traditional healthcare practices are an integral part of tribal life, especially in hilly and forest areas where modern
healthcare facilities are still inaccessible and a convenient alternative in areas where modern healthcare are not very easily
affordable. Although, even after considerable progress in modern healthcare services in the last few decades, tribal
populations still depend on traditional treatment practices.
In this context, a study was conducted in the Bijadandi block in Mandla district to examine the traditional knowledge for
treating various illnesses/diseases with the help of medicinal plants. For this study, the primary field survey was conducted
from August to November 2019. For this research work, purposive sampling was used.
A total of 300 households were interviewed in the study from the selected ten villages in the block to gather the
information on the traditional healthcare practices and to understand the tribal view points in the context of traditional
healthcare practices. All selected villages have more than 90% of tribal households located in hilly and forest areas. The indepth
interviews were conducted with local traditional healers or persons with rich traditional knowledge. Other than
healers, the information on traditional medicinal knowledge and its method of treatment at home was also obtained from
selected households with the help of open-ended questions.
The information has been collected from total 39 tribal groups during this study. This study found two-fifths (41%), i.e.,
19 types of species being utilized were from the trees group. On the other hand, 14 (30%) kinds of plant species, 6 types of
herb (13%), 5 (11%) types of climber species and 2 types of shrub groups were being utilized by tribal communities for
healthcare treatment.
 
Date 2022-11-29T10:09:19Z
2022-11-29T10:09:19Z
2022-11
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60957
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v21i4.40090
 
Language en
 
Relation A61K 9/00
A61K 36/00
A61K 45/00
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.21(4) [October 2022]