Traditional healthcare practices of Manipur, North-East India – Its genesis and sciences

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  • Ningthoukhongjam Tombi Raj Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Bharat Gopalrao Somkuwar Bioresources Database and Bioinformatics Programme, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Takyelpat Institutional Area, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Khumukcham Nongalleima Pharmacology Laboratory, Natural Product Chemistry and Pharmacology Programme, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Takyelpat Institutional Area, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Nameirakpam Surjit Singh Pharmacology Laboratory, Natural Product Chemistry and Pharmacology Programme, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Takyelpat Institutional Area, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Dipak Biswas Pharmacology Laboratory, Natural Product Chemistry and Pharmacology Programme, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Takyelpat Institutional Area, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Taothing Panmei Rikhang Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Adin Pamei Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Khangsiang Rangbuiyang Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Kachakbeang Akeo Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Yumlembam Hera Meitei Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Maibam Nilababu Singh Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Kangabam Thaba Devi Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Setur Promila Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Selsi Shem Lamkang Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Khulpuwa Agnam Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Hungyo Yaomei Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, Indiaq
  • Yangmi Kasar Awangsi Worthotmi Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Yanao Lunghar Leiyapam Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Yaikhom Subash Meitei Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Sagolsem Jugeshor Singh Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Khaidem Angouchou Singh Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • D Namshachung Kabui Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Sanlut Lenthang Haokip Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Pr Paokhokam Singsan Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Maibam Ibohal Singh Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Nongmaithem Brojen Singh Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Haji Kamal Uddin Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Angom Shyam Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Thangkhojang Kipgen Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Thangkholun Doungel Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Hebem Haokip Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • L Lungkhagin Haokip Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Wangjam Shanti Chanu Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Laishram Jiban Meitei Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Wahengbam Mohan Singh Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup (AMMMP) (Manipur State Traditional Healers’ Association), Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India
  • Lokesh Deb Pharmacology Laboratory, Natural Product Chemistry and Pharmacology Programme, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Takyelpat Institutional Area, Imphal, Manipur 795 001, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v23i7.12417

Keywords:

Frequency of citation (FOC), Hidak Yachal, Informant consensus factor (ICF), Maiba and Maibi, Manipur, Traditional knowledge

Abstract

In the present cross-cultural ethnopharmacological survey, altogether thirty traditional practitioners in sixteen districts of the Manipur state belonging to nine different ethnic communities were interviewed. A predesigned questionnaire was used for documentation of traditional healthcare knowledge of folklore healers. Their patient care and preparations of traditional medicines were recorded in written and audio-visual formats. The survey data was re-compiled in MySQL 5.1.41(4) as an NEIEM database. The ethnopharmacological information on 274 different formulations used for 57 different human and animal diseases were documented during this survey. The 181 different plants, 30 animals, and 11 different organic/minerals matters were found to be used as components of 274 formulations. In course of this survey, several manuscripts and an ancient therapeutic protocol “Sida Hidak Taret” (Seven Life Saving Medicines) were documented. The present study preserves the indigenous traditional healthcare knowledge of Manipur for future generations.

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2024-07-16

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Vol. 23 No. 7 (2024): Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

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Traditional healthcare practices of Manipur, North-East India – Its genesis and sciences. (2024). Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK), 23(7), 675-686. https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v23i7.12417

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