Ethnomedicinal practices of a village folk medicinal practitioner in Faridpur district, Bangladesh.

Folk medicine is a unique blend of medicine practiced in Bangladesh, which contains components and ideas of individual practitioners (known as Kavirajes), as well as formulations borrowed from other more systematized forms of traditional medicine like Ayurveda and Unani. Because every Kaviraj follows his or her unique formulations, surveys need to be carried out among as many practitioners as possible to get a comprehensive picture of this form of practice. Kavirajes mainly practice in the villages and small towns, although a good number can be observed in the cities also, whose clients mainly include the poorer residents as well as rural folk who have come to the cities. The objective of the present study was to conduct an ethnomedicinal survey…