9227 ISSN 2286-4822 www.euacademic.org EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol. III, Issue 8/ November 2015 Impact Factor: 3.4546 (UIF) DRJI Value: 5.9 (B+) Some Secrets of Ethno-Medicine: With Reference to Hepatitis Practices in Sivasagar of Assam, India DWIJEN NATH Research Scholar, Dept. of Geography, Rajiv Gandhi University Arunachal Pradesh, India NISHAMANI KAR Professor, Dept. of Geography, Rajiv Gandhi University Arunachal Pradesh, India ARUP KUMAR DAS Professor, Dept. of Botany, Rajiv Gandhi University Arunachal Pradesh, India Abstract: An attempt has been made in this paper is to bring to light the secrets of ethno-medicine practices for hepatitis in Sivasagar district of Assam and examine the present status of ethno-medicine practices among the communities and tribes. During 2013-2015 a community level ethno-medicinal survey cum investigation was conducted in 30 sample community villages of the district for exploration of hepato- protective ethno-medicinal knowledge and recorded 80 medicinal plants from 300 ethno-medicine practitioners and knowledgeable users’ sources. The study reveals that the basic ethno-medicinal norms followed by practitioners during raw drug doses and supplements preparation are the secrets of ethno-medicine which have strong scientific base. The basic ethno-medicinal norms are viz. selection of medicinal plants and their sites, time of collection plant parts and products, mixing of raw materials at certain therapeutic ratio, methods of preparation, standardization of raw drug dose and supplements for different age groups of hepatitis patients, diagnosis of forms hepatitis with traditional methods and methods of medicinal supplements and therapeutic drugs administration. A clinical tests