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A Survey of Medicinal Plants Used by Folk Medicinal Practitioners in Daulatpur Upazila of Kushtia District, Bangladesh

A.H.M. Mahbubur Rahman*
Plant Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh

Nishat Anjum Asha
Plant Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The present paper focused on medicinal plants used by traditional practitioners in Daulatpur Upazila of Kushtia district, Bangladesh from October 2018 to September 2019. The information about medicinal plants uses of traditional practitioners was collected through interview. A total of 45 medicinal plant species under 43 genera and 33 families have been documented which are used for the treatment of 48 categories diseases. These medicinal plants are used by the traditional practitioners for the treatment of various diseases like asthma, anemia, burning sensation, blood pressure, constipation, cough, diarrhea, diabetes, dysentery, eczema, fever, headache, heart disease, jaundice, leprosy, toothache, ulcer, skin disease, snake-bite, wound, and others. All these plants need to be evaluated through phyto and pharmaco-chemical investigations to discover their potentiality and may help in discovering effective drugs for human health care.

Keywords: Medicinal plants, Traditional uses, Daulatpur Upazila, Kushtia, Bangladesh

Location: Daulatpur Upazila of Kushtia district, Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-10-2018

End Date: 00-09-2019

Program Area: Development of Host and Medicinal Plants

Commodity: Medicinal Plants

Objectives:

The objective of the present study was to conduct ethno-medicinal survey among the traditional medical practitioners in Daulatpur Upazila of Kushtia District, Bangladesh.

Methodology:

2.1. Study Area: The study was conducted in Daulatpur Upazila of Kushtia district, in the southwestern part of Bangladesh. Daulatpur is located at 24.0014°N 88.8750°E. It has 66479 households and total area 468.76 km2 . Daulatpur Upazila is bounded by Bagha Upazila in Rajshahi District and Lalpur Upazila in Natore District, on the north, Bheramara and Mirpur Upazilas on the east, Gangni Upazila in Meherpur District and Mirpur Upazila in Kushtia District, on the south, and Jalangi CD Block, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India, and Karimpur I and Karimpur II CD Blocks, Nadia district, West Bengal, on the west. 2.2. Data Collection Data were collected through personal interviews during October, 2018 to September, 2019. During the interview, the information was noted in the documentation data sheet. All the information regarding plant species, biological forms, habitat, local names and uses was documented. Medicinal information was obtained through semi-structured interviews with knowledgeable people such as local Kavirajes. A total of 15 informants having an age range 40-65 years were interviewed using semi-structured interviewed method. Professionally they were farmer, house wives, small shop keepers etc. The information about the plants used for various diseases was gathered through interviews and discussion with the traditional medical practitioners. Plant specimens were collected with flowers and fruits and processed using standard herbarium techniques. 2.3. Plant Identification Collected species were authentically identified with the help of various literatures. For the current name and up-to-date nomenclature and were also consulted.

Source of Information: Research in Plant Sciences, 2021, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1-6

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI:10.12691/plant-9-1-1

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Achievement/Findings:

The justification of medicinal plant usage by folk medicinal practitioners and their mode of usage indicate that this knowledge will be useful to investigate those plants’ use in modern science. At the same time, scientific justification of the various medicinal plants’ use by the traditional practitioners can go a long way towards conservation and cultivation of these plant species. Finally, it can be concluded that availability of native medicinal plant species can be ensured through management of areas that are rich in plants with important medicinal properties with the development of rural and community based resources. All these plants need to be evaluated through phyto and pharmaco-chemical investigations to discover their potentiality and may help in discovering effective drugs for human health care.

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