An Ethno-Medicinal exploration of Bargarh, Odisha, India : Herbal drugs used by Traditional healers in Gynaecological and associated disorders

The current study reveals use of 32 plants belonging to 19 families by Traditional healers in Bargarh district, Odisha for gynaecological disorders. These are collected fresh from hills and prepared with utmost care and then administered in the presence of the folklore Vaidyas. Few plants are mentioned in Classical Ayurvedic texts and rest are extra pharmacopeial. The dissemination of knowledge about these plantswill show light to pharma companies, government agencies and medical researchers in fight against those diseases