Curative systems
Sustainability and Change in Ethnomedicinal Practice and Healing Systems of the Traditional Fishing Communities in Coastal West Bengal
Common diseases, Curative systems, Ethnomedicine, India, Medicinal plants, Sustainability and change, Traditional fishing communities, West Bengal coastBy: SUMAN KALYAN SAMANTA, KUNDAN GHOSH – The present paper deals with ethnomedicinal practices of the traditional fishing communities in the coastal areas of West Bengal. The traditional fishermen have used various medicinal plants for curing health-related problems and diseases for a long time. The ethnomedicinal system among them is quite diverse and old. In…