Traditional Ethnomedicinal Practice in the Homemade Alcoholic Beverage of Mising Community of Majuli District, Upper Assam
Open Access
- 30 June 2022
- journal article
- Published by Oriental Scientific Publishing Company in Biosciences, Biotechnology Research Asia
- Vol. 19 (2), 497-500
- https://doi.org/10.13005/bbra/3003
Abstract
Assam's Mising community is the state's second most populous tribal community. Since ancient times, the Mising tribe has consumed homemade alcoholic beverages. Mising community members, primarily drink two types of homemade alcoholic beverages: Po:ro Apong and Nagin Apong. Various plant ingredients were used in the preparation of the starter culture for such homemade alcoholic beverages as Apong. In Mising rural areas, the ingredients of these plants were also used in traditional ethnomedical practise. The current study documented the Mising community of Majuli District, Upper Assam's traditional ethnomedicinal practise in the homemade alcoholic beverage.Keywords
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