JAUNDICE AND ITS TRADITIONAL CURE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Abstract

Author(s): Rama Shankar1*, Rawat M S2, Deb S3, Sharma B K4

Jaundice is a highly prevalent disease in Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining states of India which is generally treated by local traditional healers belonging to 26 communities of the state. As per records published in different adjoining states over 105 plants are used for the cure of jaundice. Most of them are also available in Arunachal Pradesh and are also use by local traditional healers. The papers represents the plants used for the cure and management of jaundice by local traditional healers of 26 major communities of Arunachal Pradesh as well as the plants used for the same practice in other adjoining parts of the Country which are distributed or cultivated in Arunachal Pradesh