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In the health systems of different ethnic groups living in remote areas of North-East India traditional
medicines have always played a key role. An ethno medicinal survey was documented on one of the
floristically rich district of Assam that is in the district of Goalpara was done during January 2012 to
August 2014. In the present investigation it was seen that several kinds of plant species growing wild in
rural, semi forest and forest areas which are commonly used by people of Goalpara district for curing
cough, asthma and whooping cough, diarrhoea, wound, piles, seminal debility, jaundice and other
common diseases. This paper provides the information about the traditional uses of 16 plants of
Goalpara district for the treatment of cough, asthma and whooping cough.
Key words: Traditional medicine, Goalpara district, Cough and bronchial problems.