Plants used for the treatment of Rheumatism by the Bhoxa tribe of Dis- trict Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

In the present investigation an attempt has been made to explore traditional medicinal knowledge of plant species used against rheumatism by the Bhoxa tribe of district Dehradun. An ethnobotanical survey was carried out among the tribal people in all seasons to collect the relevant information about the medicinal uses of wild plants. Frequent field trips were made for the collection of plant specimens and information from traditional healers through questionnaire and interviews. The plant species used against rheumatism have been enumerated in the present paper and each species has been provided with scientific name, local name and crude drug preparation (as per details provided by the folklore. It was observed that the Bhoxa tribe used 22 wild plant species belonging to 19 families as a remedy for Rheumatism.