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Mahata, M. C.
- Studies on Drug Plants of Mayurbhanj Plateau, Odisha, India
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K. Mohanta
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M. C. Mahata
1
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1 778/1 (53) Janardanpur (Behind Aganwari Workers Training Centre), Ward No.15, Baripada, 757001 (Odisha), IN
1 778/1 (53) Janardanpur (Behind Aganwari Workers Training Centre), Ward No.15, Baripada, 757001 (Odisha), IN
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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 12, No 2 (2015), Pagination: 185-190Abstract
A preliminary study on the drug plants of Mayurbhanj Plateau (situated approximately at 21° 15´ to 22° 30´ N latitude and 87° 01´ to 87° 08´ E longitude) was carried out during 2000 and 2003 and a total of 63 species of plants were recorded. During the field study help of the rural and semi urbanized practioners popularly known as Vaidyas, Oza and Gunnia as well as vendors of Jori booti was taken to indentify the drug plants. Some of the commonly used drug plants are Achyranthes aspera, Alostonia scholaris, Adhatoda vasica, Bauchinia vareigata, Butea monosperma, Datura metal, Hemidesmus indicus, Madhuca latifolia, Mimosops elengi, Rauwolfia serpentina, Swertia chirata, Zingiber officinales and Zizyphus jujube. These plant parts are used in different forms for treating amoeboid dysentery, indigestion, asthama, constipation, jaundice, diarrhea, rheumatism, diabetes, tonsillitis and for fertility in women, menorrhigia, caugh, malarial fever, low blood pressure, cuts, wounds and gingivitis, etc., by the people of different communities of the plateau in year round.Keywords
Mayurbhanj Plateau, Drug Plants, Tribal, Curative, Vaidya, Oza, Gunnia, Jori-Booti.
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- Ethno-Medico Zoology of Jharkhand Plateau, India
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1 778/1, Janardanpur, Ward No.15 (Behind AganBari Worker’s Training Centre), Baripada-757001, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, IN
2 Department of Botany, Udala College, Udala-757041 (Odisha), IN
1 778/1, Janardanpur, Ward No.15 (Behind AganBari Worker’s Training Centre), Baripada-757001, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, IN
2 Department of Botany, Udala College, Udala-757041 (Odisha), IN
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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 14, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 23-28Abstract
Studies since 2002 reveal that the Ethno-medico animals of the Jharkhand Plateau (situated approximately in between 21° 5´ N and 24° 8´ N and 82° 20´ E and 84° 54´ E) belong to both invertebrate and vertebrate groups. Varied types of medicines are prepared from different animals for different type of ailments by the aboriginals, allied aboriginals and semi-hinduized aboriginals for remedy of the ailments they generally suffer. This tradition of preparation of medicines are in their culture since their settlement in the plateau (some 3000-3500 B.C. before). This tradition they have inherited from their fore-fathers as they speak. A total of 22 species of invertebrates and 86 species of vertebrates are recorded during the study period, which are used as medicinal animals by the ethnic people. The ethno-medico-animals as discussed above are diverse and specific for a particular ailment or disease and exhibit a great ethnic and cultural diversity. The medicine prepared from animals is value based, no matter how diverse it is in differential social setting and cultural contexts. The traditional knowledge should also be included into the strategies of conservation and management of faunistic resources along-with other avenues of conservation by the authorities of the Forest Department of the plateau.Keywords
Ethno-Medico-Zoology, Invertebrate, Vertebrate, Aboriginal, Ailment, Cure, Conservation.References
- Kumari, Shilpi and Mahata, M. C. 2014. Plants and animals of ethno-medicinal values of Singhbhum plateau, Jharkhand, India. Proc. Nat. Sem. Trad. Knowledge & Soc. Prac., pp. 73-84. (Published : Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).
- Mohanta, Kalpana and Mohata, M. C. 2014. Medicinal uses of some epiphytic plants used by Santhal and other Tribes of Kaptipada (Udala) Sub-division in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, India. Proc. Nat. Sem. Trad. Knowledge & Soc. Prac., pp. 85-88. (Published : Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).
- Mahata, M. C. 2014a. Burning causes of extinction of keystone species of wild carnivorous mammals of the state of Jharkhand, India, Environmental Issues in Industry & Mines, pp.177-190.
- Mahata, M. C. 2014b. Analysis of keystone species of some wild species of birds and mammals of Jharkhand plateau, India. Environmental Issues in Industry & Mines, pp. 191-201.
- Mahata, M. C. and Mohanta, Kalpana. 2004. Medicinal uses of some Craniates by the descendant of early settlers by the Singhbhum plateau, Jharkhand, India. New Horizon of Animal Sci., pp. 289-295.
- Mahata, M. C. and Mohanta, Kalpana. 2007. Ethno-medicinal invertebrates of Singhbhum plateau (Jharkhand). Environment & Development, pp. 193-202.
- Mahata, M. C. and Mohanta, Kalpana. 2014. Plant and animal species worshiped in traditional festivals of Jharkhand plateau, India. Proc. Nat. Sem. Trad. Knowledge & Soc. Prac., pp. 191-200. (Published : Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).
- Mahata, M. C. and Pandey, P. N. 2003. Preliminary study on ethno-medico-zoology of Kaptipada (Udala) Sub-division under Mayurbhanj district of Orissa. Biosciences, pp. 21-33.