Author(s): Shibabrata Pattanayak, Tapan Kumar Mandal, Susanta Kumar Bandyopadhyay

Abstract: A study was performed on the use of plants as digestive stimulator and digestive tonic in three southern districts of West Bengal, India with different agro-climatic conditions viz. Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur and Murshidabad. A total of twenty two plants and combinational use of another two new plants are identified and practiced methods of their uses with dose are documented and with the help of available literatures, the previously reported uses of these medicinal plants are analyzed in that perspective.