Medicinal Herbs and Ways of Life of Ban Chianhian Village, In Khwao Sub-district, Mueang District, Maha Sarakham Province

Abstract

The purposes of this search were to study medicinal plants and ways of life of Ban Chianhian Village, in Khwao Sub-district, Mueang District, Maha Sarakham Province. herbal medicine production, medication of the herbal medicine, and selling of the products in the areas of data were collected through field studies by interviewing. Two key informants of 5 folk healers and 5 scholars. The collected data ware analysed according to the purposes and presented. Findings of the study were as follows :  1. Medicinal plants grown in Ban Chianhian Village had 11 species : in the form of descriptive analysis.Creat, Rose - Coloured Leadwort and White Leadwort, Curcuma comosa Roxb, Cassumunar ginger, Zingiber cassumunar Roxb, Zingiber ottensii Valeton, Thai Croton, Mansonia gagei and Piper longum, etc. Also, medicinal Herbs naturally occurred in Ban Chianhian Village had Species Ficus foveolata Wall, Urticaceae and Barleria lupulina Lindl. 2. Ban Chianhian village indicated their methods of medicinal herbs collection as follows : cut-down, digging, cutting, removal and . Medication of the there medicinal herbs included small-piece cutting and drying, quantity determining with the use of Ueeighing and volume finding . Four products obtained were Ya Tom Herbal bonus, Ya Fon, and drug powder. Ya fon. Selling of the products will be available within and outside the community in the northeast region's and other region’s of the country.