Use of Herbal Drugs in Local Health Traditions in Purnagiri Hills, District Champavat, Uttarakhand

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Nitinen_US
dc.contributor.authorH.S, Mishraen_US
dc.contributor.authorA, Agarwalen_US
dc.contributor.authorKaushal, Kumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorSS, Bedaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-28T06:58:37Z
dc.date.available2023-08-28T06:58:37Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.description.abstractThe state Uttarakhand is rich with floral and faunal diversity including plants used by local inhabitance to cure health problems. Himalayan region always has been the treasure of herbs from ancient time. Himalayan herbs are highest in quality and potency. There are numbers of side effect are noted using allopathic medicines which leads towards reuse of medicinal plants available locally. Keeping this in view an attempt has been made to enumerate the common medicinal plants used in traditional therapeutic system of Uttarakhand, India. Results reveal that 29 plant species are used for primary healthcare. Purnagiri hills located in Champavat district of Uttarakhand is reservoir for a large number of medicinal herbs during the field survey large number of medicinal plants like Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Hook. (Rubiaceae), Asparagus adscendence Roxb. (Liliaceae), Artemesia nilgirica (Clarke) Pamp. (Asteraceae), Berberis aristata DC. (Berberiridaceae), Colebrookea oppositefolia Sm. (Lamiaceae), Elephantopus scaber L (Asreraceae), Pinus longifolia Roxb. (Pinaceae), Tamarix gallica L. (Tamaraceae), Urtica dioica L. (Urtecaceae) and many more with their use in local health traditions by local habitants were recorded. One of the serious challenges to biodiversity and ecological functioning is climate change. Climate change and global warming are well known issue that has had an impact on the biodiversity. Second thing over exploitation of Himalayan forest leads these valuable herbs in endangered category. Some of the plants recorded are critically endangered and rare. We have to pay attention towards the conservation, cultivation of these herbs.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsPG Scholaren_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsLectureren_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsReader, P.G. Department of Dravyaguna, Lalit Hari State PG Ayurveda College and Hospital, Pilibhiten_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsSubject Matter Specialist & Head, Department of Forest Products & Utilization, Faculty of Forestry, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhanden_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProfessor, Samhita-Sanskrit Evam Siddhant, Lalit Hari State PG Ayurveda College and Hospital, Pilibhit, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar Nitin, H.S Mishra, A Agarwal, Kaushal Kumar, SS Bedar. Use of Herbal Drugs in Local Health Traditions in Purnagiri Hills, District Champavat, Uttarakhand. International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharma Research. 2023 Mar; 11(2): 57-64en_US
dc.identifier.issn2322-0902
dc.identifier.issn2322-0910
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/226487
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMahadev Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume11en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.47070/ijapr.v11i2.2699en_US
dc.subjectHerbal Drugsen_US
dc.subjectLocal Health Traditionsen_US
dc.subjectPurnagiri Hillsen_US
dc.subjectDistrict Champavaten_US
dc.subjectUttarakhanden_US
dc.titleUse of Herbal Drugs in Local Health Traditions in Purnagiri Hills, District Champavat, Uttarakhanden_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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