- April 2019
- The Open Anthropology Journal 2(2):1-8
- DOI:
- 10.23880/aeoaj-16000119
Abstract and figures
Knowledge
is widely recognized as the key resource for development. The basic
component of any country's knowledge system is its Indigenous Knowledge
(IK). Over millennia, indigenous peoples have developed and sustained
extremely practical systems of knowledge and behavior. Indigenous
knowledge is not just confined to indigenous peoples, but all
communities have developed their own body of knowledge over generations.
The Tagin tribe is an indigenous group of people living at upper
Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh. A study on practice of
Traditional Medicine (TM) was carried out among these people based on
the secondary literature collected from different libraries tribal
research centers of India. The result documented 10 medicinal plants
used by the Traditional Medicinal Practitioner (TMS) of Tagin tribe for
use in traditional medicine. Fresh leaves, fruits, bark and stems are
reported be used in TM for treatment of ailments like diarrhoea,
jaundice, wound healing, fever, etc.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332728027_Indigenous_Knowledge_System_and_Traditional_Medicinal_Practitioner
