Indigenous medicinal plants used by the tribal healers of chittagong hill tracts to treat diarrhoea and dysentery

ABSTRACT

More information was gathered about traditional medicine for the treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery by the tribal communities of three hilly districts [Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachari] in Chittagong. The tribal communities depend on medicinal plants for treating many difficult diseases. These medicinal plants have been used by them as effective remedy from time immemorial. The present study reveals that, the tribal communities use 56 plant species belonging to 36 families for the prevention as well as treatment of above mentioned diseases. All of the plants were collected from the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. Short diagnostic description of plants, botanical name, family name, Bengali name, English name, Tribal name, systematic position, plant preparation, uses and dosage information are described