Important Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Muria Tribes of Bastar for the treatment of snake bite
Mukta Shrivastava
Department of Botany, Govt. M.L.B. Girls P.G. (Auto) College Bhopal-462003 (India) email mukta.shrivastava07@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Ethnomedicinal study have received desired attention during last 2-3 decades. A large number of tribal population of Bastar is living in forest pockets. The tribal of Bastar depend on their traditional healing system for there health care. The tribals are the main source of information on ethnomedicinal plants. This indigeneous knowledge is being transferred from geeneration to generation in the tribal community. During last few decades, several new drugs have been discovered from the sources of aboriginal societies. the information abour medicinal plants among the tribal people must be tapped before it disappear. Bastar the biggest district of Chhattisgarh is peopled by many tribes. The present study deals with some ethnomedicinal plants used for the treatment of snake bite by Muria tribe Bastar, Chhattisgarh.