Medicinal uses of orchid by tribes in india: A review

Orchidaceae family constitute the second largest family in the flowering plants and they came under the order Asparageles of the family Monocots. In India, there are about 645 tribes and mostly they settle in remote/forest areas. They depend on indigenous system of medicine for treating disesase. The present paper deals with the medicinal use of orchid by various tribes in India. The investigation brought the therapeutic potentials of 88 orchid species belonging to 45 genus for the treatment of different disease and ailments like curing scorpion and snake bites, leucoderma, eczema, tumor, diahorrhea, earache, sexually transmitted diseases, dysentery, paralysis, acidity, cholera, wounds and sores, chest pains, arthritis, syphilis, pregnancy, bone fractures, spermatorrhea, muscular pains, asthma, menstrual disorder etc. by the different types of tribes in India.