Ethnomedicinal Plants and Associated Traditional
Wisdom of Garo Community of Rongram, West Garo Hills
District, Meghalaya, India
Volume 3 - Issue 4
Worrel Kumar Bain1 and Shilpa Biswas2*
- 1Faculty Member, Department of History and Archaeology, Northeastern Hill University (NEHU), Tura Campus, India
- 2Lecturer, Department of Geography, Kanchrapara College, India
Received:August 24, 2021; Published: September 15, 2021
Corresponding author:Shilpa Biswas, Lecturer, Department of Geography, Kanchrapara College, West Bengal, India
DOI: 10.32474/JCCM.2021.03.000170
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Abstract
The study of ethno medicine concerning any community is a complex or convoluted method in and of itself. The present
study recounts the Garo community’s traditional knowledge of medicinal plants, which they employ in some secluded enclaves of
northeast India. The current investigation, which was conducted using standardized anthropological methods and conversations
with the local people and traditional healers, resulted in the documentation of sixty-one therapeutic plant species which are used
to manage the primary health care practice of the Garo community at the Rongram Community and Rural Development Block (C &
RD) of West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya, India. The Garo people used various underground plant forms as medicine, including
roots, leaves, rhizomes, and barks. The study emphasizes the value of ethnobotanical research and the importance of documenting
traditional wisdom related to therapeutic plant consumption for the more comprehensive welfare of humankind.
Keywords:Ethnomedicine; Garo Community; Rongram; Ethnomedicinal Plants; Traditional Healer; Traditional Wisdom; Diagnosis;
Treatment
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