A STUDY ON ETHNO-MEDICINAL USE OF SOME COMMONLY AVAILABLE PLANTS FOR WOUND HEALING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THREE SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Abstract

The information of ethno-medicinal uses as haemostatic, antiseptic wound healer and anti-dermatitic properties containing plants in human and animals were collected from three districts of southern West Bengal, India, viz. Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, and Murshidabad which are situated in different agro-climatic conditions. Presently twenty one such plants were recognized and most of them are new claim regarding the said treatments. The plants were properly identified with the help of relevant literatures, photographed and available relevant previous information about the medicinal properties or uses were also searched out from the earlier literatures and were enlisted for comparison.

Keywords

• Ethno-medicinal plants
• Wound healer
• New report
• West Bengal