Volume : 2, Issue : 10, October - 2013

Indigenous Health Care Practices among the Irula Tribes of Pannapatti Hamlet in Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu

K. Senthilkumar, Dr. C. Gobalakrishnan

Abstract :

Since ancient times plants are being used medicines, foods, agrochemicals and by large number of tribal, rural and urban people. India has about 67.37 million tribal people belonging to 537 tribal groups living in different geographical locations. The present study is conducted among the Irula tribe of Pannapatti hamlet of Pennagaram taluk in Dharmapuri disctrict, Tamil Nadu. The Irula tribal population is using various parts of plants for healing various ailments and this knowledge on indigenous health care practices should be saved for the future generation.