Folk Medicine Practices for the treatment of Abortion, Body weakness, Bronchitis, Burning sensation, Leprosy and Gout of Santal Tribal Practitioners at Jamtala Village under Sadar Upazila of Chapai Nawabganj District, Bangladesh

Folk medicine practices for the treatment of abortion, body weakness, bronchitis, burning sensation, leprosy and gout of Santal tribal practitioners at Jamtala village under sadar upazila of Chapai Nawabganj district, Bangladesh was carried out. Ethno-medicinal data was recorded from the Santal tribal practitioners of semi structural questionnaire, interviews and group discussions. A total of 38 plant species under 36 genera of 31 families have been documented which are used for the treatment of 6 categories of human diseases. For each species scientific name, local name, habit, family, ailments to be treated, mode of treatment and part(s) used are documented. The investigation can be concluded that the plant can considered as a suitable source of pharmaceutical industry for new drug development.