Ethnomedicinal plants used to treat gastro-intestinal disorders & related ailments by the tribals of Mount Parasnath, District Giridih, (Jharkhand), India
Ram Vilas Yadava
Department of Botany, Pt. D.D.U. Govt. P.G. College, Saidpur, Ghazipur-233304 (India)
ABSTRACT
An ethnobotanical study of Mount Parasnath in district Giridih, Jharkhand have been carried out by the tribal, who live in dense forest for away from the hospitals. The local inhabitants have developed and preserved a very old & strong tradition for folk medicine. This presentment brings out 30 medicinal plant species belonging to 24 families used specially for the treatment of “gastro-intestinal disorders and related ailments”.