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In ancient India plants were widely used for the treatment of skin disorders. In many countries till today, medicinal plants contribute significantly in the primary health care system of the rural population.1-4 One of the most important skin ailments, mostly found in the tribal population of Purulia is carbuncle disease which is caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. However, the presence of carbuncle is actually the sign of active system to resist other skin infections.5 The infection is contagious and may spread to other areas of the body. Each year, around 500,000 patients in hospitals of the United States are attacked by Staphylococcal infection, chiefly by S. aureus.6 Since discovery S. aureus is experimentally resistant to a lot of antibiotics for example penicillin group (methicillin, oxacillin and cloxacillin),7,8 amino glycosides, macrolides, tetracycline, chloramphenicol and lincosamides. Vancomycinresistant S. aureus (VRSA) is a strain of S. aureus that usually resistant to the glycopeptides. The first case of vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (VISA) was reported in Japan in 1996.9