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Background: Since primitive times, plants have been extensively utilized in conventional remedies for primary health care. It is observed that medicinal plants have a variety of bioactive components, and they have become an alternative choice for synthetic medications to treat various diseases. Objective: Major objective of this review article is to collect all information about the folk medicinal plants utilized by various tribal communities of Mizoram (India) as a folk remedy to cure various skin diseases. Methods: An extensive literature survey was carried out through different books and electronic search engines to understand the cause of skin disease and their traditional herbal remedy. Results: The present investigations reveal that the tribal communities of Mizoram use 93 plant species belonging to 50 different families have been identified for their ethnomedicinal indication to treat various skin diseases. The roots, rhizomes, stems, leaves, barks, bulbs, flowers, and even the whole plant are applied as folk remedies to cure various skin infections in the form of crushed juice, paste, and decoction. Conclusion: The information will help the researcher find unexplored medicinal plants to develop a new therapeutic approach to develop new chemical entities, which are safe, effective and inexpensive for isolation and identification of novel bioactive compounds.

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