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Authors Information
SequenceTypeName TitleFirst NameLast NameDepartmentInstitute / Affiliation
1 Author Dr. SHIV KUMAR ANTHROPOLOGY KALAHANDI UNIVERSITY
Abstract Information
TrackID
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IUAES23_ABS_I3714
Abstract Theme
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P124 - Indigenous Knowledge and Healing Practices: Change and Continuity.
Abstract Title
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Ethno medicine practices in Gond Tribe of Myorpur: An Empirical Case Study
Short Abstract
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This paper is focused on ethno medicine practices of Gond tribe of myorpur block of the district Sonebhadra of Uttar Pradesh. It is based on empirical case study where Gond people practiced and continuous use the different traditional indigenous knowledge about ethno medicines which are found in their ecology. The Healers were habitual with different local forest products like different roots of plant, leaf, shell, seeds and fruits etc. Myorpur block of Sonebhadra is isolated area because of the boarder of three states (Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand). That's why this paper is very important to find the different ethno medicine practices and role of healers of Gond tribe.
Long Abstract
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The relationship between illness and health is a common experience in tribal societies and each society has an ideological method of defining them. In the past few years, during the Corona epidemic, the indigenous medical system has shown that various forms and knowledge of ethno-medicine have proved to be a divine lifeline for the people of urban society. As far as tribal societies are concerned, they still have indigenous healer who, on the basis of their indigenous medical knowledge, treat various types of medical problems of their people such as female & male specific diseases, Chicken pox, Diarrhea, Colds and Flu, respiratory infections etc. Their indigenous knowledge plays an important role in local societies for stomach ailments and even some serious ailments. In the field of ethno medicine, many scholars of medical science have propounded their views and principles on the basis of their works. In this field, scholars of social sciences have also analyzed the practices and continuous experiments of indigenous healer in tribal societies on the basis of their special empirical knowledge. Anthropologists have explored the indigenous knowledge of tribal healers related to their socio-cultural values, religious beliefs and continuous practice etc. There are many such parts of the country where even today many indigenous healers are present in tribal societies and selflessly practicing their work, but they are ignorant of this traditional indigenous medical knowledge and practices. Especially this knowledge of his has hardly been recognized as his own knowledge. This article focuses on a specific region i.e. Gond tribe living in different villages of Myorpur block of Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh and their indigenous ethno-medical knowledge. This article will analyze the ethno medicine practice of the Gond tribal healer and their roles, as well as the medicines used for various diseases through different anthropological techniques.

Abstract Keywords
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Ethno medicine, Gond Tribe, Case Study and Myorpur block