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Plants have been used by man for variety of purposes. The use of medicinal plants in maintaining the health of animals and human beings has been recognised since Vedic period. The importance of drug resources has also been recognised throughout the word. Himalaya, owing to complex topography and variety of climate has blessed with us rich heritage of medicinal plants wealth.
Ethnoveterinary plants of Central Himalaya present an account of folk-medicinal plants ...
The use of plants as medicines goes back to early man. Certainly the great civilisations of the ancient Chinese, Indians, and North Africans provided written evidence of man's ingenuity in utilising plants for the treatment of a wide variety of diseases. Plants contain some organic compounds which provide definite biochemical action against various diseases on the human body. The curative properties of drugs are due to the presence of complex chemical substances ...
The book entitled “Folk-Medicine and Aromatic Plants of Uttaranchal†is an account of folk medicinal plants used in human and animal healthcare in Uttaranchal. The main text deals with 1338 ethnomedicinal plants and 364 ethnoveterinary plants followed by diversity of MAPs, available in Uttaranchal used in Indian system of Medicines (ISM), biologically active MAPs, rare and threatened MAPs, ethno-medico-zoological wisdom and alternative systems of therapies ...