International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 4 8 2015 August 2 Traditional Therapeutic Uses of Plants among Scheduled Caste Community of Dibrugarh, Assam, India 49 51 EN H. Saleem 1 Department of Management Sciences, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Islamabad, PAKISTAN Khan M.A. 2 Alireza Miremadi 1 Sharif University of Technology, International Campus, IRAN EtemadolesllamiBakhtiyari Ali 2 Arash Dorvash 3 Mohammad Aghania 1 Department of management Limkokwing University, Limkokwing Cyberjaya, Malaysia Peyman Attariani 2 Babak Afshar 3 Behnaz Torabi 4 Mohammad Aghaei 1 Department of Business Management, Branch, Tarbiat Moddares University (TMU), Tehran, IRAN Abdolmaleki Sobhan 2 Institute for Management and Planning Studies, IMPS, Tehran, IRAN Amin Asadollahi 3 Department of Business Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRAN MahinEslami Shahrbabaki 1 Psychiatry Department, Shahid Beheshti hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IRAN Hassan Ziaaddini 2 Institue of Neuropharmachology, Psychiatry Department, Shahid Beheshti hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IRAN Saeedi Hamed 3 Neurology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IRAN Khorasani Farshid 4 Neuroscience Research Center, Institue of Neuropharmachology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IRAN Moghaddam Pourhassan 1 Khorasgan branch, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan, IRAN Mahmud 2 LotfiAhmad Reza 3 Yaghoubi Yaghoub 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Isfahan, IRAN Karimian Majid 2 Department of Engineering, Tiran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tiran, IRAN Kamran Amini 3 Shah RajeshKumar 1 Deptt. of Zoology, D.H.S.K. College, Dibrugarh, Assam, INDIA Das Loveleena 2 Deptt. of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Assam, INDIA > Research Paper 2014 2 8 2015 August 2 Various tribes all over the world use plants for treating several diseases. Although the herbal medicines are largely preferred by the rural folk for curing diseases but the newer generations are much more attracted towards the modern health care facilities. As such, there is a risk of losing the traditional knowledge on medicinal use of plants in the near future and hence it is utmost important to explore and record the uses of the medicinal plants which are traditionally being practiced by many tribes. The aim of this study is to explore and record various plants used for medicinal purposes by the Scheduled Caste people of Dibrugarh. Several etnobotanical surveys were conducted during the period between 2010 to 2012 in different regions of Dibrugarh, Assam. Information regarding traditional health care system, uses of medicinal plants and the vernacular names of the different plants were gathered through normal conversation, interview and discussion with the local herbal practitioners as well the elderly people of the community.In our study a total of 35 plants belonging to 24 families were found to be utilized by the SC community of Dibrugarh. These plants are being utilized for curing several diseases like Gastric, Blood Urination, Jaundice, Epilepsy, Cuts and Wounds, Ear ache, Cough, Pyorrhea, , Tonsillitis Sore, Stomach pain during menstruation cycle, Dysentery, Piles, etc.The SC Community of Dibrugarh use locally available plants in their own traditional ways for treating various diseases and these phyto remedies provide a broad scope for scientists to search for new potential bio active compounds. Copyright@ International Science Community Association