Ethnomedicinal uses of plants by traditional healers in Ajaygarh, district Panna (MP) India

Abstract

Medicinal plants are important in traditional healthcare practices, providing clues to new areas of research for human welfare. This study was an effort to document the indigenous knowledge of traditional healers about traditional uses of medicinal plants for curing different human diseases. Janpad panchayat Ajaygarh, a tehsil of district Panna of Madhya Pradesh state is rich in diversity of medicinal plants.Data of traditional uses of medicinal plants have been collected from December 2021 to November 2022 by survey and interviews method with local villagers and Vaidya. Structured questionnaires, interviews and participatory observation were used to collect data of ethnomedicinal uses of plants in study area. 20 sampling villages of Janpad panchayat Ajaygarh were selected for study purpose and 60 informants including 40 men and 20 women, 3 from each sampling stations were selected and interviewed during the one year journey of data collection.55 medicinal plant species belonging to 53 genera of 33 families were identified. It shows that there is high potential available in the form of diversity of medicinal plants for treatment purpose of human beings in any system of medicine like as Folk medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani, Siddha, Allopathy and others.