An ethnomedicinal survey conducted among the folk medicinal practitioners of three villages in Kurigram district, Bangladesh

Folk medicine is an integral part of the various traditional medicinal practices of Bangladesh. The folk medicinal practitioners, otherwise known as Kavirajes, mainly rely on medicinal plant decoctions, juices, or paste, which are administered topically or orally for treatment of various ailments. Vast numbers of rural and urban people of Bangladesh rely on Kavirajes for treatment of ailments; in fact Kavirajes often are the primary health-care providers, at least to the rural population. The selection of medicinal plant for treatment of a given ailment by a Kaviraj has been found to be quite diverse in a number of previous ethnomedicinal surveys conducted in different regions of the country. This diversity even extends to Kavirajes, who may be practicing in adjacent…