Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Thokchom Geeta Devi, Maibam Haripriya Devi, Sanasam Sanjay Singh, Rocky Thokchom and Potsangbam Kumar Singh

Abstract:
This paper deals with the ethno-medicinal information about the indigenous traditional uses of 32 medicinal plants belonging to 31 genera representing 24 families used in the treatment of various ailments of women health among the Meitei communities of Bishnupur District, Manipur. Among the plant species 26 plant species were belong to Dicotyledonous and 12 species were in Monocotyledonous plants. Because of urbanization, modernization, the traditional knowledge for women health has been declining and some of the useful medicinal plants are under serious threat due to human interferences and lack of knowledge of the people. So, from the above-mentioned facts, an ethno-medicinal study was carried out for proper documentation and validation of the traditional knowledge for the proper conservation of these rare and threatened medicinal plants.