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Volume 6, Issue 6 (Suppl)
Med Aromat Plants
ISSN: 2167-0412 MAP, an open access journal
Herbals Summit 2017
October 18-20, 2017
October 18-20, 2017 Osaka, Japan
3
rd
Global Summit on
Herbals & Traditional Medicine
Traditional wisdom for contemporary health care: Ethnomedicinal plants of Sumi Nagas in Nagaland,
Northeast India
Alino Sumi
1
and Kimiyekato Shohe
2
1
Martin Luther Christian University, India
2
Government of Nagaland, India
E
thnomedicine is a study of the traditional medicine practiced by various ethnic groups and especially by indigenous peoples.
It deals with medicines derived from plants and use of different plant parts in the treatment of various diseases and ailments,
based on indigenous pharmacopoeia, folklore and herbal charms. An extensive study on ethnomedicinal plants of Sumi Nagas
was conducted in four Sumi villages of Nagaland-Rotomi, Philimi, Khrimtomi and Askhomi. The survey deals with first-hand
information on medicinal plants used by the Sumi Nagas of Nagaland for catering to various health care regimes such as:
Rheumatism, bronchitis, hyperdipsia, dyspepsia, leucoderma, leprosy, scrofula, paralysis, etc. Detailed information regarding
the medicinal plants, part(s) of the plants used and how they are used etc., were extracted consulting local health practitioners,
elders and farmers. During the enumeration, all the plant species were arranged with their local name, distribution, family,
medicinal system, part(s) used and the various uses for the treatment of diseases and ailments. Altogether, 50 ethnomedicinal
uses have been reported. Perhaps, this is the first hand investigation on medicinal plants among Sumi Nagas of Nagaland.
Biography
Alino Sumi is currently pursuing her PhD from Martin Luther Christian University, Meghalaya, India in the Department of Environment and Traditional Ecosystems. She has
cleared the National Eligibility Test for both Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professorship.
Alinosumi06@gmail.comAlino Sumi et al., Med Aromat Plants 2017, 6:6 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0412-C1-014