Ethnomedicinal studies of the <i style="">Khamti</i> tribe of Arunachal Pradesh

Abstract

An ethnobotanical study was done in <i style="">Khamti</i> dominated area of Chongkam and Namsai Circle of Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh during 2002-2004. <i style="">Khamti</i> tribe is rich in plant based traditional knowledge. Of 45 medicinal plants studied, 5 plants were found to be used in malaria and fever, 4 in bone fractured, 3 in anemia, 2 each in snakebite, cancer, reproductive health, and rabies, 1 each in tuberculosis, diabetes, and jaundice, and rest for curing different ailments which are used either singly or in combined form. The science of orthopaedics was found to be well developed and their medicinal preparation techniques are mostly accompanied by enchanting traditional mantra.