Documentation of Ethnomedicinal Herbs used to Cure Urinary Problems by Indigenous People of Pakur District (Jharkhand)

A survey conducted in Pakur from the year 2008-2012 reveals that several ethnomedicinal herbs are growing in the areas which are known to cure urinary diseases. These plants are used by rural people and aboriginal medicine men, accoucheuses, headmen, Elder women, Hakim (vaidyas), Jann Guru, Pradhan and witch doctors for controlling urinogenital disorders. The paper high lights uses of forty two (42) plant species belonging to twenty five (25) families employed ethnomedicinally in Pakur district (Jharkhand) .