Traditional Health Practices among the Tribal Belt of Chhattisgarh, India: An Indigenous Knowledge from Indigenous Peoples

Abstract

Ethnomedicinal practices have a great past and are associated with Ayurveda. It is still the best and cheapest medicinal practice among the tribal people. Due to its holistic, the traditional medicine system provides a new research idea. In this study, we connect the uses of traditional medicinal knowledge to local traditional medicine practitioners by using scientific methodology. The ethnomedicinal survey was carried out in three tribal districts of Chhattisgarh, India i.e., Kanker, Bilaspur,