Ethno medicinal practices against common ailments among the inhabitants of Ratua block of Malda district
1*Santanu Gupta and 2Shagufta Yeasmin
1,2Department of Botany Malda College, Malda-732101 (India)
ABSTRACT
An ethno-botanical survey was conducted in the Ratua block of Malda district of West Bengal to gather information and necessary knowledge regarding the medicinal practices of the inhabitants of that area who are far away from the medical facilities of hospitals. The natives of these area practices an age old tradition of folk medicine to cure a wide array of diseases and ailments in daily life. The present study encompass diverse medicinally important plants used by the rural inhabitants of 5 different villages in Ratua block of Malda.