Indigenous uses of antidiabetic plants by ethnic inhabitant of Mizoram, Northeast India

Abstract

The age long association of medicinal plants is highlighted in different utilization pattern by an indigenous community. Tribal people have their own system of herbal medicine. An ethnobotanical investigation was done to gather information about medicinal plants used in diabetes by the ethnic communities of Mizoram, Northeast India. The indigenous knowledge of local healers and plants used for the treatment of diabetes were collected through questionnaire and personal interviews. The study revealed that the traditional healers and the inhabitants use 53 species of plant distributed in 49 genera and belonging to 32 families to treat diabetes in the studied region.