Author: Gian Singh ; Singh, H. B. ; & Mukherjee, T. K. ; editors:
Title: Ethnomedicine of North-East India : Proceedings of National Seminar on Traditional Knowledge Base on Herbal Medicines ..,.
Description: New Delhi, CSIR, (2003). orig. wrappers. 23x15cm, 360 pp.. Textual maps.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Full title reads: "Ethnomedicine of North-East India : Proceedings of National Seminar on Traditional Knowledge Base on Herbal Medicines and Plant Resources of North-East India-Protection, Utilization and Conservation, 13-15 March 2001, Guwahati, Assam". Contains 30 papers. Includes: State-of-the-Art Report on Ethnomedicines & their Plant Resources in Mizoram; Studies on Ethnomedicinal Plants of Darrang District,Assam; Classical Medicinal Plants of Assam: Their Protection, Conservation & Utilization; Some Observations on the Status of Medicinal Plants of Barak Valley, Assam; Medico-Ethnobotanical Studies of Some North-east Tribe / Ethnic Community Settled in Barak Valley, Assam; Preliminary Observations on the Ethnobotany of Tagin Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh; Ethnobotanical Studies in Sikkim Himalaya; Some of the Commonly Used Medicinal Plants Used by the Khasis of Meghalaya; Edible & Poisonous Fleshy Fungi (Mushrooms) of and around Shillong, Meghalaya; Herbal Treatment in Healthcare among Tai Tribes of Northeast India & Thailand; Prospects of Herbal Drugs for Ethnoveterinary Practices in North-East India; Some Ethnoveterinary Practices in Dhemaji District of Assam; Traditional Cosmetics and Sex Medicines of Assam; Inquire into Old Lead: Herbal Antidote, Antihelmintic and Analgesic Medicaments; Wild Flavouring Plants of Assam; Traditional Technology & Medicinal Knowledge of Yu: An Alcoholic Beverage of Meitei Communities of Manipur; Albizzio lebbeck: A Traditional Antiallergic Medicinal Plant; etc.

Keywords: Indian Ethnology, Northeast India, Assam Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Ethnobotany, Medicinal Plants, Herbal Medicines, Medical Ethnography, Ethnomedicine, Anthropology