• Sri Venkata Krishnan V
• Divya Khare
• Harsha V Hegde
• Adavesh B Holeyache

Arshas (Hemorrhoids) is one of the major Ano-rectal ailments that has been more prevalent in humans due to various life-style and day-to-day routine habits. With increasing in the number of cases in hemorrhoids there is a need for medicines that effectively control the disease. One of the methods of knowing about the native plants available is ethno-medicinal survey in folklore practitioners. So, two taluks Bailhongal and Saundatti of Belagavi district was chosen for its richness in flora and folklore practitioners. Survey was done during June 2024 to November 2024 regarding their folklore practices in management of Hemorrhoids with a semi-structured questionnaire made by ICMR-NITM, Belagavi. In this a total of 12 practitioners were approached and data was collected from them with a total of sixteen medicinal plants in the disease management. The statistical data was made according to the Use value (UV) and Fidelity level (FL) of the plant data available with, Cassia angustifolia having 0.58 UV and 43.7% of FL was the highest among the 16 plants collected during the survey followed by this Plumbago zeylanica. Various different formulations were used by them in the treatment with churna (powder) – 57%, swarasa (extract juice) – 22% and Kshira (latex) – 7% as its percentage of use in treating the disease. Further scope of the study lies in performing the In-vitro, In-vivo and followed by that clinical trial on the available plant and formulation data.

Arshas, Folklore practices, Medicinal plant

"ETHNO-MEDICINAL SURVEY ON FOLKLORE PRACTITIONERS IN MANAGEMENT OF HEMORRHOIDS IN THE TALUKS OF BELAGAVI.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 5, page no.f250-f257, May-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2505626.pdf

"ETHNO-MEDICINAL SURVEY ON FOLKLORE PRACTITIONERS IN MANAGEMENT OF HEMORRHOIDS IN THE TALUKS OF BELAGAVI.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 5, page no. ppf250-f257, May-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2505626.pdf