What is it about?
It is about the study which identified and documented traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in Urgam valley of Uttarakhand, India. The study revealed high consensus on medicinal plant usage, with 51 species belonging to 31 families used for local health care. Number of species and uses known increases with age, and elders and specialist healers retain higher levels of traditional medicinal plant knowledge, having unique knowledge of medicinal plants and their uses as well as preparation.
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Why is it important?
The study showed that there are many plants that can be potentially used in drugs/medicines but the number are decreasing as the areas are cleared. The knowledge on using these plants are also diminishing as the older generations are decreasing with time.
Perspectives
Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors from different parts of the world sharing the same experiences and knowledge on medicinal plants. This article had brought me to groups who have that same interests and experience so much so that one group in the UK invited me this July 2019 to give a 30-minute talk on the article and others that I had been involved in.
Alexander K Sayok
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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This page is a summary of: Traditional Herbal Knowledge among the Inhabitants: A Case Study in Urgam Valley of Chamoli Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, June 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
DOI: 10.1155/2019/5656925.
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