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Publication Documentation on Potential Herbal Plant for Snakebite Treatment(Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 2021-02-18) ;Wan Nur Alya Nabihah Mazli, ;Muhamad Azani Abd Khadir Jalani, ;Mohd Sanusi bin Mohamed, ;Mohamad Arif Iskandar Abdul Wahab,Ehwan NgadiTraditional herbs represent one of the efforts that is the most accessible resources available for common ailment treatment among the communities of Northern Malay People at Langkawi. There are 28 type of plants are used for snakebite treatment such as Andrographics Paniculata, Impatient Balsamina and Tacca Palmata in Langkawi. This study aims to document the indigenous knowledge and practices of using herbs for snakebite treatment among them. Therefore, treatment for the snakebite using traditional herbs is one of the efforts of the scientists. These traditional knowledges are rural people and old folks' knowledge. It can be anytime for the knowledge to be erased from this world because the expecters of this field are slowly diminished due to the uninterested young people to study about these traditional knowledges. Thus, not to lose these knowledges, this study was made by interviewing the experts and jotted down the properties for each plant that are potential to treat the snakebite were meticulously noted. Then, the hypothesis was made based on the result recorded from the previous study. It shows that most of the plants used by the communities of Langkawi have the same properties which are antiinflammatory and antibacterial activities. This study presents the convenient knowledge of the snakebite treatment using traditional herbs and makes the valuable traditional knowledge is not disappeared in time. This can be a best reference for everyone especially for pharmacological studies in developingsnake anti venom.