The Vaidya M. P. Nanal Ayurveda Foundation, Pune under the co–ordinatorship of Vaidya Vilas Nanal, President of the foundation, along with the proposed research team members including ayurvedic physicians, botanists and social scientists carried out following activities successfully in the month of July 1998.

Designed and tested four interview schedule for

• House hold heads.
• Shamans (both male and female).
• Traditional birth attendants.
• Herbalists and other medical practitioners.

As mentioned in the research program time schedule or the action plan, our research team has been able to complete data collection from Thane district. 200 House Hold Heads and 25 Medical Practitioners were interviewed thus 225 interview schedules were completed. The details of the same are furnished in the table below.

Position of data gathered from Thane

Sr. No.	Types of Schedules	Kalam Pada	Navnath	Patil Pada	Thakur Pada	Jambhul	Sutar Pada
1.	House Hold	32	38	26	49	15	37
2.	Medical Practitioners	03	04	04	07	07	–
Total		38	42	30	56	22	37