Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine · 2026
Innate knowledge of herbal medicine among the Sonowal Kachari tribe of Lakhimpur district, Assam, India.
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Dihingia Pramod Chandra, Borah Deepika, Zimik Wungsim, Sharma Prabhakar
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BACKGROUND: The medicinal value of herbal plants is preserved in selected tribal communities of India.
OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this study is to identify the traditional knowledge of herbal medicines in the Sonowal Kachari tribe of Lakhimpur District, Assam, India.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The extensive data was collected in this study between April 2022 and November 2023 in the selected village of Assam, India through a face-to-face interview using a standardized questionnaire. In total, 180 elderly people, including males and females, were chosen in the age group of 50 and older.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The results indicated that 39 plants have medicinal value. The informants reported that they used leaves (54.34 %), followed by roots (10.87 %), whole plants (8.7 %), fruits (8.7 %), flowers (6.52 %), bulbs, bark, rhizomes, latex, and stems (2.17 % each) for medicines. Out of 39 plant species reported, the study identified the use of four types of plants for the treatment of fever, followed by three plants each for the treatment of cold cough, dysentery, and skin diseases; 3 plants for the treatment of hair growth, stomach pain, bleeding, arthritis, rheumatic pain, tonics, and diarrhea; and one plant for the treatment of pneumonia, stimulants, indigestion, anti-inflammatory, burns, liver and urinary trouble, kidney stone, eczema, bone fracture, jaundice, anti-diabetic, carbuncle, constipation, dying nail, anemia, cuts and wounds, high blood pressure diseases. The study also revealed that herbs (46.15 %), trees (25.64 %), climbers (15.38 %), and shrubs (12.82 %) were used for treatment by Sonowal Kachari tribe.
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the Sonowal Kachari tribe of Assam has significant contribution to herbal medicine and offers a promising repository for discovering new therapeutics.
OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this study is to identify the traditional knowledge of herbal medicines in the Sonowal Kachari tribe of Lakhimpur District, Assam, India.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The extensive data was collected in this study between April 2022 and November 2023 in the selected village of Assam, India through a face-to-face interview using a standardized questionnaire. In total, 180 elderly people, including males and females, were chosen in the age group of 50 and older.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The results indicated that 39 plants have medicinal value. The informants reported that they used leaves (54.34 %), followed by roots (10.87 %), whole plants (8.7 %), fruits (8.7 %), flowers (6.52 %), bulbs, bark, rhizomes, latex, and stems (2.17 % each) for medicines. Out of 39 plant species reported, the study identified the use of four types of plants for the treatment of fever, followed by three plants each for the treatment of cold cough, dysentery, and skin diseases; 3 plants for the treatment of hair growth, stomach pain, bleeding, arthritis, rheumatic pain, tonics, and diarrhea; and one plant for the treatment of pneumonia, stimulants, indigestion, anti-inflammatory, burns, liver and urinary trouble, kidney stone, eczema, bone fracture, jaundice, anti-diabetic, carbuncle, constipation, dying nail, anemia, cuts and wounds, high blood pressure diseases. The study also revealed that herbs (46.15 %), trees (25.64 %), climbers (15.38 %), and shrubs (12.82 %) were used for treatment by Sonowal Kachari tribe.
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the Sonowal Kachari tribe of Assam has significant contribution to herbal medicine and offers a promising repository for discovering new therapeutics.