A REVIEW ON TRADITIONALLY USED MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR TREATMENT OF INFERTILITY IN NORTH- EAST (INDIA)
Moksood Ahmed Laskar*, Priyanka Goswami and Mrinmoy Basak
ABSTRACT
The investigation of this study reports on some medicinally important plants which are found to be used traditionally by villager and tribal peoples of North east (India) for the beneficial treatment purposes of various male and female reproductive procurements related disease conditions such as leucorrhoea, erectly dysfunction, infertility, dysmenorrhoea, menstruation disorders and pregnancy related problems. Over a survey of it has been found that there are more than 100 medicinal plants which has been used to treat the reproductive disorders out of which very few of them has confirmed with such potential. The plants belonging from the family like Musaceae, Sterculiaceae, Liliaceae, Rubiaceae, Apiaceae, Punicaceae etc. has found highest uses followed by members of etc. which were used by total 14 tribes and 3 communities distributed in various part of Assam. The observation obtained in this study gives a better knowledge focusing the medicinal plants available in area of North east (India), which may often be helpful for a pathway for further experimental studies, which will be beneficial for the mankind with better reproducibility, safe and economical purposes of such treatment.
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