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Indian Journal of Research in Anthropology

Volume  10, Issue 2, July-December 2024, Pages 177-180
 

Case Report

Primitive Medicine and Baiga the Vulnerable Tribe of Chhattisgarh

Sanjay Kumar Nirala1, Anjni Bhagat2

1Protection Officer Non Institutional Care, Department of Woman and Child, Development, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492001, India, 2Research Assistant, Tribal Research and Training Institute, Nava Raipur, Chhattisgarh 493661, India.
 

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijra.2454.9118.10224.9

Abstract

Baigas are one of the most Vulnerable tribe of Chhattisgarh. They are mostly concentrated heart of the thick forest of Bilaspur district (Now Gourella-Pendra-Marwahi) They are speaking “Baigani” dialect in local communication. The present study on an Indigenous medicinal species was carried out in the Baiga of state with one major objective of identifying different medicinal species, through observation, Interview, Group discussion. A total of 11 indigenous medicinal plant used by studied people were documented of these species were used in curing different types of diseases namely Constipation, Jaundice, Bone fracture, Diarrhea, Impotency, Wound, Respectively. This rich Indigenous knowledge of targeted community has an immense potential for pharmacological studies and necessary to have scientific evaluation of these treatments.
 


Keywords : Baiga, Vulnerable, Nature, Native, Illness, Panda.
Corresponding Author : Sanjay Kumar Nirala