Research Article | Published: 01 September 2013

Study of some Medicinal plants used in Women Health-Care Practices by Meitei Community of Manipur

M. Thoibi Devi, Ajit Kumar Das, B. K. Dutta and P. K. Singh

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 20 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 191-196 | 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2013-3YE2IF | Cite this article

Abstract

In the present Investigation an attempt has been made to study the women health care practices of Meitei Community of Manipur. A detailed survey was conducted at different sites of all the districts of Manipur State. A total of 36 medicinal plants belonging to 26 families are recorded which are used in different healthcare practices. In the present investigation some of the common diseases were found to be irregular menstruation, abortion, postnatal complicacies, gonorrhoea, leucorrhoea, lactation etc. In the present work information including medicinal uses, preparation, composition, doses etc. were recorded. It was also reported that due urbanization and semi modernization people their traditional knowledge and culture will be lost forever. Therefore, it urgently needs to document of their indigenous knowledge for the welfare of humankind at large. Phytochemical and Pharmacognistic study of less known ethno-medicinal plants will help to discover new drugs for the benefit of mankind at large.

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Devi, M.T., Das, A.K., Dutta, B.K. and Singh, P.K., 2013. Study of some Medicinal plants used in Women Health-Care Practices by Meitei Community of Manipur. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 20(3), pp.191-196. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2013-3YE2IF

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