Ethnomedicine
of North-East India : Proceedings of National Seminar on Traditional Knowledge
Base on Herbal Medicines and Plant Resources of North-East India – Protection,
Utilization and Conservation 13-15 March 2001, Guwahati, Assam/edited by Gian
Singh, H.B. Singh and T.K. Mukherjee. New Delhi, National Institute of
Science Communication and Information Resources, 2003, xii, 364 p., figs.,
tables, (pbk). ISBN 81-7236-243-9.
Contents: 1. State-of-the-art report on ethnomedicines and their plant resources in Mizoram/H. Lalramnghinglova. 2. Setting priorities to interfuse between medicinal plants and indigenous knowledge to boost rural economy in Assam/S.K. Borthakur. 3. Studies on ethnomedicinal plants of Darrang district, Assam/R. Borah, D. Saikia and S.K. Borthakur. 4. Classical medicinal plants of Assam – their protection, conservation and utilization/R. Majumder, D. Kalita, B.K. Bharali and D. Baruah. 5. Some observations on the status of medicinal plants of Barak valley, Assam/Debabrata Saha and B.K. Datta. 6. Medico-ethnobotanical studies of some North-East tribes/ethnic community settled in Barak valley, Assam/P.K. Dutta and B.K. Datta. 7. Ethnobotanical studies in Arunachal Pradesh – a status report/K. Haridasan. 8. Biodiversity conservation in Arunachal Pradesh – concerns and strategies/A.K. Das. 9. Preliminary observations on the ethnobotany of Tagin tribe of Arunachal Pradesh/L.R. Bhuyan, K. Haridasan and G. Murtem. 10. Ethnomedicinal uses of certain plants of West Kameng and Tawang districts of Arunachal Pradesh – a preliminary account/Anupam Sarmah, L. Shivadutta Singh, K. Haridasan and S.K. Borthakur. 11. Ethnobotanical studies in Sikkim Himalaya/A.S. Chauhan. 12. R & D intervention and entrepreneurship development on sustainable utilization of orchid resources of Sikkim/P.K. Panda, B.K. Debata, M. Thirunavoukkarasu and N.C. Rout. 13. Some of the commonly used medicinal plants used by the Khasis of Meghalaya/Ayesha Ashraf Ahmed. 14. Edible and poisonous fleshy fungi (mushrooms) of and around Shillong, Meghalaya/C. Satyajit Rao. 15. Fast depletion and deterioration of natural vegetations of North-East and some aspects of their conservation (with reference to Manipur)/S.C. Sinha. 16. Current trend of trade in medicinal plants of North-East India/P.J. Handique. 17. Herbal treatment in healthcare among Tai tribes of North-East India and Thailand/P. Gogoi. 18. Prospects of herbal drugs for ethnoveterinary practices in North-East India/S.K. Jain and Sumita Srivastava. 19. Some ethnoveterinary practices in Dhemaji district of Assam/U.K. Sharma and D. Sapcota. 20. Traditional cosmetics and sex medicines of Assam/D. Baishya. 21. Inquire into old lead: herbal antidote, anthelmintic and analgesic medicaments/T.R. Sharma. 22. Wild flavouring plants of Assam/J.C. Gogoi. 23. Pharmacological assessment of medicinal plants to ascertain their anti-snake venomactivity/R. Doley and A.K. Mukherjee. 24. Importance of systematic investigation for proper utilization and conservation of Piper species of North-East India/Padma Raj Gajurel, P. Rethy, Binay Singh and Y. Kumar. 25. Traditional technology and medicinal knowledge of "Yu" – an alcoholic beverage of Meitei communities of Manipur/B. Kumar Singh and K. Ibotombi Singh. 26. Albizzia lebbeck – a traditional antiallergic medicinal plant/C.C. Barua, P.P. Gupta, Amar Nath, G.K. Patnaik, D.K. Kulshrestha, R.K. Goel and B.N. Dhawan. 27. Job’s tears: a nutritious medicinal crop/T.I. Achumi, P.L. Singh, R.A. Singh and R.C. Gupta. 28. Cultivation and silviculture of neem (Azadirachta indica)/H.M. Gogoi and I. Ahmed. 29. "Green-cross" approach/S.C. Sinha. 30. Ethnobotany of North-East region of India – bibliography/H.B. Singh, T.K. Mukherjee and Gian Singh. 31. Recommendations of the seminar. 32. Author index. 33. Subject index. No. 31631