Health And Healing Practices Of The Indigenous People Of North East India

Book Code: 1111020937650

Editors:- Haobijam Vokendro,Milonjyoti Borgohain

ABOUT THE BOOK

The North East India comprising eight states is located in the easternmost part of India bordering to different international countries and is the home to different variegated tribes, flora and fauna. These people of north east India are living from time immemorial. They have their own language, faiths, beliefs and practices. Being indigenous group of people, they have their time tested and age old ethnomedical beliefs and practices. At one point of time when there was no modern medical facilities, the people entirely resort to such indigenous healing system. Still many of the tribes who are isolated and far from the accessibility of the modern medical amenities stick to such indigenous healing system. Many of the ethnic groups of the region also practice medical pluralism, the indigenous healing systems as well as any other healing system (s) such as modern allopathic or what's so called alternative medicines. The volume “Indigenous Health and Healing Practices of the People of North East India” contains twenty five research papers presented by different scholars working in the field of health research in North East India. Contemporary research works on the themes like ethno-medicine, nutrition and demography of different populations are contained in the present volume. The volume not only increases the body of knowledge in the field of indigenous health research of the people of North East India but also attempts to bridge any gaps in the field and shall help researchers, health planners and general readers about the indigenous health, healing, beliefs and practices of the people.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Haobijam Vokendro, M.Sc Gold Medalist, NET, B.Ed, Ph.D, has been teaching anthropology in the past 24 years. Currently he is working as Professor in the department of anthropology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Doimukh, Arunachal Pradesh. He has completed six research projects. Besides publications of many national and international research papers, he also has participated and chaired in national and international seminars, conferences and workshops. He has so far authored five books. He is
editorial board member, SKWC Interdisciplinary social science journal (ISSN 2278-2737). More than dozen of MPhil scholars and two Ph.D. scholar have been awarded under his supervision and eight Ph.D. and one MPhil scholars are guiding under him.

Milonjyoti Borgohain is presently working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Anthropology, Moridhal College, Dhemaji, Assam. He did his Post Graduation in Physical Anthropology from Dibrugarh University, Assam, in 2012 and M.Phil. from Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh in 2019. He did two years post graduate
diploma in Disaster Management under Dibrugarh University, Assam in 2010. He has published various research papers in national and international journals. His areas of interest are overweight, obesity and its covariates, human growth and development, indigenous health practices, bio-social studies, migration. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D in the Department of Anthropology, Cotton University, Guwahati.

CONTENTS

Health and Healing Practices of the Indigenous People of North East India ............................................................................................... 9

List of Contributors ......................................................................................... 13

1. Potentiallity of medicinal plants used by Deori community for their primary Healthcare system, Lakhimpur District, Assam.................17
Miss Nitusnata Saikia

2. Traditional Healthcare Practice among the Mishings, Majuli District, Assam, India .......................................................... 27
Jakir Uddin Ahmed

3. An Interface of Biology and Culture in the Mishing Society of
Assam with Special Reference to Pregnancy and Childbirth ..................................35
Shabnam Khatoon, Dr. Maitreyee Sharma

4. Ethnomedicinal Knowledge among the Mishing Tribes of Dhemaji District of Assam ............................................................. 43
Dipika Bori and Priyanka Kouli

5. Traditional use of Flora and Fauna with Special Reference to Food Habits, Rituals and Healthcare Systems among the Rajputs of Dibrugarh District of Assam.................... 49
Biswajit Kumar Singh

6. Ethno-medicinal Belief and Practices in Treating Children: A Study among the Sonowal Kachari of Dibrugarh District ........... 55
Dr. Promanita Bora

7. Insects of Ethno-medicinal Importance with Special Reference to Mishing Community of North East India ................................... 63
Dr.Anup Kumar Doley

8. Ethnomedicine of Karang Island of Manipur ................................................................. 69
Dr. L. Romeo Singh and Ksh. Sunita Devi

9. Phytochemical Analysis of Five Potential Medicinal Plants of North East India .................................................................77
Maya Konwar, Dr.Manash Pratim Sarma, Dr. Chittaranjan Bora and Faruza Munim

10. Prevalence of Hypertension among the Mishing Population of Upper Assam.................................................................. 91
Dali Dutta

11. Hypertension and its Correlated Variables among the Males of Purum Tampak.............................................................. 97
H. Sorojini Devi

12. Healthcare Practices among the Tea Tribes Women: A Study from Sessa Tea Estate of Dibrugarh District ................... 103
Dipawoli Kurmi

13. Nutritional Status of the Mishings of Maj Patri Chuk Village, Lakhimpur District, Assam..................................................113
Babita Talukdar

14. A Comparative Study on Body Composition and Nutritional Status among the Adult Mishings of Assam.................................. 129
Mayurtrishna Hazarika

15. Body Mass Index and Waist Hip Ratio among the Poumai Boys of Manipur ........................................................................... 135
Keisam Somarani Devi

16. Continuity and Changes in the Indigenous Healthcare Practices of the Tai Khamti of Arunachal Pradesh, India ............................. 143
Heerock Jyoti Baruah

17. A Study on the Garo Ethnogynoecologists in Meghalaya .................................. 153
Shyam Babu Choudhury

18. Health Status of Women: With Reference to Galo Tribe of West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh........................................ 159
Tage Rupa Sora and Liyo Nyodu

19. Traditional Magico-religious Beliefs and Healing Practices of Yobin Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh ................................................ 167
Angi Nomasay Yobin and Haobijam Vokendro S.

20. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Manipur..................................................... 171
Asem Babina Devi and M C Arunkumar

21. Health and Socio-Economic Insecurity among the Sand and Stone Quarry Workers of Nungbrang Village, Imphal East District, Manipur ...................... 183
Ak. Renupriya Devi

22. Demographic Profile among the Mishing of Borgaya
Khagori Village of Lakhimpur District, Assam....................................................... 197
Anand Sharma, Biplob Bhuyan, Girin sing Mili, Pubali Dutta

23. Differential Fertility and Mortality among the Deori Tribe of Bahgorah Village of Lakhimpur District, Assam .......................... 209
Sristi Bora, Junali Kropi

24. A Study on Menopausal Symptoms among the Women of Lakhimpur District, Assam........................................................... 223
Chhandika Roy

25. Family Planning Practices and Reasons for having Additional Children: A Case Study among the Santals of Upper Assam ........ 233
Parismita Gogoi, Dr. Deepanjana Dutta

26. Differential Fertility in Response to Physique in between the Meitei and Sekmai of Manipur ..................................................... 239
Dr. N. Mamta Devi and Ksh. Sunita Devi

Index............................................................................................. 247