Introduction: Ethnomedicine broadly refers to traditional medical practices that reflect cultural interpretations of health, disease, and illness, and address healthcare practices and treatments prevalent in rural and tribal areas. 
Objective: To study the ethnomedicine practices and traditional knowledge among the Kamar tribe of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.
Methodology: The present study was conducted in 18 Kamar tribal villages in the Mahasamund Bagbahra block of Chhattisgarh. A triangulation analysis was also conducted to verify the collected data, which was essential for systematic data collection. These ethno-medicine practitioners, known locally as 'Baiga' and 'Dai', possess extensive knowledge of the natural and beneficial plant resources locally available in the surrounding forests. The data collected in the field was analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Details regarding plant names, local names, phytochemical constituents, and the parts used were tabulated.
Results: A total of 109 participants from the Kamar community were included in the study. According to the current study, 82% of the participants utilized medicinal plants to treat fever and respiratory symptoms; among these, the Zingiberaceae family emerged as the most prominent. Herbs constitute the largest category within the medicinal plants examined in these studies. Among the medicinal plants studied, leaves are the most frequently utilized plant part (accounting for approximately 31% of all species), reflecting their easy availability and high content of secondary metabolites.
Conclusion: Chhattisgarh reveals a rich repository of traditional plant-based knowledge that has been preserved and transmitted orally for generations. These findings confirm that the knowledge systems of the Kamar tribal community, though ancient, are highly relevant to modern medicine and drug discovery. Many of the identified species contain bioactive compounds with proven medicinal properties, suggesting their potential for the development of standardised herbal formulations. And integrating this indigenous knowledge with modern scientific approaches can make significant contributions to community health, biodiversity conservation and the broader field of ethno-pharmaceuticals.