Deshworjit Singh Ningombam|Solanki Devi|Paramjit Singh|Athokpam Pinokiyo|Bisheswori Thongam
Documentation and Assessment on Knowledge of EthnoMedicinal Practitioners: A Case Study on Local Meetei Healers of Manipur
Manipur University|Manipur University|Manipur University|Manipur University|Institute of Bio-Resources and Sustainable Development
traditional medicinal healersof state manipurare generally known maibas male health practioner maibis case female health practionersince time immemorial involved prescribing folkmedicine help herbalmedicine mystic incantationan investigation 41 local maiba maibi meetei community manipur carried find reliability knowledge tested related significantly age literacy hesitation results treatment doses document know ledges based total 205 locally available medicinal plant sppbelonging 87 families used treating 18 major diseases classestraditional medicinal practioners also interviewed gather information regarding knowledge folk medicinal system diagnostic system ailments classification folk medicinal system nomenclatural system uses medicinal plants found manipur remedy various primary health complaintsin present study three types folk medicinal system recordedthe diagnostic system bases pulsation symptomsnomenclature medicinal plants made reference medicinal value traditional culture easy identificationthe meetei forefathers put several norms donts eating food plants accordingly season consequencesmost species 7220 wild species part used medicinal properties aboveground 8341 amongst leaves 2780 mainly harvestedconcoction mode preparation 2146 common way preparation gastrointestinal ailments 13170 constitute major ailments treatedabout 5560 medicinal plants collected taken orally taken internally treatment various primary health ailmentsfor ailments like jaundice snake bites dog bites stone cases etc 90 manipuris preferred folk medicine rather modern medicineage interval 56 constitute 707 informants majority excellent professionals 463 field medicine almost 488 illiterateagain age 35 45 persons good knowledge folk medicine lacks experience 46 55 mixed type folk medicine knowledge age 56 good experience better knowledge except limited knowledge folk medicine following parents footsteps due expertise meant treatment diseases onlystatistical analyses showed significant correlation age informant knowledge plants folk medicineaccording statistical analysis spearman correlation showed significant correlation spearman correlation test r 05435 5 level significance education level traditional healers number species reportedmajority herbal healers learnt knowledge folk medicine mangtak 439 followed forefathers 244 senior herbal practioners guru 244 later learnt literaturean excellent herbal practitioner could characterized aged 56 years old experience educated accustomed use wild plants whose forefathers herbal practitioners gained high confidence doses cure good knowledge folk medicine plants