Explore Traditional Wound Healing Practices and Medicinal Plant Use in Sarangarh Tribal Communities, Chhattisgarh

The present study was conducted with traditional wound healing and ethnobotanical use of plants in the tribal areas of Sarangarh, Chhattisgarh, India. The study involves the documentation of ethnos wound- healing knowledge from the indigenous tribes and a survey on they medicinal plants used for wound healing. This purpose was to show up the medicinal remedies and plants that are useful to check the application of these healing methods in the actual medicine. This research was a qualitative ethnographic study using fieldwork, interviews with traditional healers, surveys with interviews, and participant observations as data collection methods. The results indicate a wide variety of traditional wound healing practices, such as medicinal plant extracts, pastes, poultices and compresses, and the particular importance of medicinal plants for wound care. The study also demonstrated the cultural importance of such practices, particularly the role of traditional healers and transmission of knowledge from generation to generation. In addition, the study reveals various plants that are involved in wound healing and the mode of preparation as well as bioactive components responsible for their healing properties. Recommendations for protecting and incorporating these traditional practices into contemporary health care structures are detailed at the end of this article. Future studies are recommended to explore the therapeutic potential of the plants and clinical use in wound healing.