Traditional uses of some medicinal plants in arthritis by the tribal of Ranchi district.

Soni Kumari*^a & Kunul Kandir^b
aMedicinal Plant laboratory, Department of Botany, Ranchi University Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.

Received17th January, 2012; Revised 25th February, 2012

Abstract : The  present investigation deals the use of  9 ethno-medicinal plants in “Arthritis” by aboriginals and rural of Ranchi district (Jharkhand).  First  hand information with  respect to plant and parts used, family, local name, drug preparation, application, doses, duration and other related  information were recorded with traditional healer and other knowledgeable persons of the locality.