Sumit Kumar Pathaka* & Jyoti Kumarb
aDepartment of Botany, Yogoda Satsanga Mahavidyalaya, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
bUniversity Department of Botany, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Received : 18th July, 2022 ; Revised : 19th August, 2022
Abstract– The present research work deals with the study of traditional knowledge of plants which are used by villagers of Ranchi district. The ethnomedicinal survey for Oxalis were done in 18 different blocks of Ranchi. The 20 Vaidya’s were interviewed curing diseases using Oxalis species, these herbal practitioners were specialist in curing different kinds of ailments and diseases. 10 herbal practitioners were specialist in curing stomach ailments, 5 were specialist in curing skin diseases, 3 of them were specialist in curing tooth and gum related problems and 3 in curing headaches.
Key words: Oxalis, ethnomedicinal, survey
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