• Gopal Jha

The Plants have been associated with the life and culture of mankind since the beginning of the human civilization. India is exceptionally rich in rituals owing to its great diversity in religious cultures and traditions. Plants are considered as important components of these traditional rituals which are used for some definite purposes. A survey was conducted on “Survey of Some Aquatic plants of Ethno-medicinal Uses in Sitamarhi district, Bihar” to explore the plants used in daily and festive rituals. The observations indicate that the present-day residents of Sitamarhi district of Bihar have been maintaining the age-old practice of offering of plants to the deities in form of fruits, flowers and leaves as well as specific floral objects during festivals and family rituals. The present communication attempts to document and enumerate the medico-botanical relevance of plants used in present-day religious rites by the people of Sitamarhi district of Bihar. During the survey large number of Aquatic Plants have been collected, critically studied, identified and incorporated in the Herbarium. Ailments covered in this paper include anorexia, bronchitis, cold, colic pain, conjunctivitis, constipation, diabetes, diarrhoea, dysentery, dysuria, epilepsy, galactorrhoea, menstrual disorder, piles, pyorrhoea, scabies, small pox, throat infection and foot and mouth disease in animals. Sitamarhi District is a historical place and this is the birth of jagat janani Ma Sita wife of Shri Ram and daughter of Raja Janak. History reveals that this place was the capital of the kingdom of Raja Janak having political boundary adjoining Nepal and Madhubani from north and east. The Northern boundary is the international boundary of the country Nepal and is also bounded by district Muzaffarpur in south and Sheohar district and Motihari district from west. This district is situated in the Bagmati Lakhandai inter fluvial region on the left levee bank of Bagmati. It lies approximately beetbeen 26⁰10ⁱ-27⁰-1 ⁱN and 84⁰ 34 ⁱ-86⁰-44 N latitude and longitude respectively. Its survey shows 2199 sq Km area of the district.

Survey of Some Aquatic Plants of Ethno-medicinal Uses in Sitamarhi District, Bihar

"Survey of Some Aquatic Plants of Ethno-medicinal Uses in Sitamarhi District, Bihar", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.688-690, January 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009091.pdf

"Survey of Some Aquatic Plants of Ethno-medicinal Uses in Sitamarhi District, Bihar", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp688-690, January 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009091.pdf