Author(s):
Rashmi Dwivedi, Nishtha Vaidya, Rahul Singh, Gunjan Kalyani, Neeraj Kumar Verma, Kamlesh Kumar Dadsena, Atanu Kumar Pati, Mitashree Mitra
Email(s):
mitashree.mitra@gmail.com
Address:
National Center for Natural Resources (NCNR), Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur 492 010, India
School of Life Sciences, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur 492 010, India
School of Studies in Anthropology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur 492 010, India.
Published In:
Volume - 29,
Issue - 1,
Year - 2016
Cite this article:
Dwivedi, Vaidya, Singh, Kalyani, Verma, Dadsena, Pati and Mitra (2016). A Study of Ethnomedicinal Plants used for Curing Rheumatoid Arthritis in Raigarh District of Chhattisgarh, India. Journal of Ravishankar University (Part-B: Science), 29(1), pp.175.https://doi.org/
PP-E20
A Study of
Ethnomedicinal Plants used for Curing Rheumatoid Arthritis in Raigarh District
of Chhattisgarh, India
Rashmi Dwivedi, Nishtha Vaidya,
Rahul Singh, Gunjan Kalyani, Neeraj Kumar Verma, Kamlesh Kumar Dadsena, Atanu
Kumar Pati and Mitashree Mitra
National Center for Natural
Resources (NCNR), Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur 492 010, India
School of Life Sciences, Pt.
Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur 492 010, India
School of Studies in
Anthropology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur 492 010, India
Corresponding author email:
mitashree.mitra@ gmail.com
(Received
03 February 2016, accepted 05 February 2016)
Abstract: The
Chhattisgarh state, situated in central India is home to several important
medicinal herb species that are being exploited by the tribal people inhabited
in the rural area since centuries. The agro-climatic conditions existing in the
region provide appropriate habitat for the natural growth of a variety of
important plants and herbs of medicinal importance. The present study was
carried on individuals above 15 years of age, in urban and rural areas of
Raigarh district. An inventory was used to document various medicinal plant
species, which were used by the local healers to cure Rheumatoid Arthritis
(RA). an autoimmune disease. The data were collected through extensive and
periodical surveys conducted among the tribes inhabiting in the forest areas of
Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. Information pertaining to ethnomedicinal uses
of the plants was collected from the tribal physicians (Baiga), tribal head man
(Mukhia), aged tribal people, and further confirmed with ethnobotanist. The
total population surveyed in Raigarh district was 6132 of which 47 Patients of
RA was found representing significantly higher prevalence percent rate
(0.77).Total 18 local healers were interviewed and they reported 75 medicinal
plants used for curing RA. The present study also revealed that the tribal
communities living in the forests have their own traditional ethno medical
knowledge. The result obtained in the study provides information valuable for
botanists, anthropologists, pharmacologists, phytochemists and other
researchers for their study.
Keywords: Rheumatoid
Arthritis, Autoimmune disease, Medicinal plants, Ethnomedicinal practices,
Ethnobotanist