Traditional healing practice and folk medicine usage by tribals of Mujpathri and  Tangnar Hamlets of Budgam, J & K, India

Raiees Raja; Bilal Ahmad Mir

doi:10.69980/redvet.v24i3.2503

Raiees Raja
Bilal Ahmad Mir

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69980/redvet.v24i3.2503

Keywords: Budgam distric,Mujpathri, Tangnar, folk medicine, Traditional healing

Abstract

Jammu and Kashmir has very rich tradition of folk medicine practices for the treatment of various ailments in tribal areas.

A survey on traditional healing practice and usage of folk medicine was conducted in two hamlets of Budgam distric from June 2017 to November 2018. All information was collected based on field studies and interviews with local people and traditional healers. The results indicate that while Mujpathri shows a greater overall engagement with traditional medicinedriven predominantly by consultations with local healers, residents of Tangnar exhibit a relatively higher degree of selfreliance in preparing their own remedies. A significantly higher proportion of respondents in Mujpathri (10%) obtain their remedies directly from traditional practitioners compared to those in Tangnar (5%), yielding an overall mean of 7.5%.

Author Biographies

Raiees Raja

School Education Department, Jammu and Kashmir, India Email: raieesrajamir@gmail.com

Bilal Ahmad Mir

Department of Education, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006, J & K, India

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