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A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Medicinal Plant Utilization among the Four Ethnic Communities in Northern Regions of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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- Foraging for the future: traditional culinary uses of wild plants in the Western Himalayas-Kashmir Valley (India).Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2024Article
- Cultural vs. State Borders: Plant Foraging by Hawraman and Mukriyan Kurds in Western Iran.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A cross-cultural study of high-altitude botanical resources among diverse ethnic groups in Kashmir Himalaya, India.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Medicinal plants are utilized around the globe for the treatment of a wide range of ailments. This study is an attempt to document the utilization of medicinal plants across the four different cultural groups residing in the rural and remote villages of the northern districts of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. To gather information related to medicinal plants and health care practices among the local folk, field surveys were conducted from February 2018 to May 2021. The ethnomedicinal information was gathered through semi-structured interviews and group discussions. During the study, a total of 109 plant species belonging to 35 families were recorded as commonly utilized by the local population, with Asteraceae reported as the dominant family. The most common growth form was herbs, with a percentage contribution of 86%. Leaves (38%) were the most commonly used plant part for the preparation of traditional remedies, and most of the remedies were prepared as paste and applied topically. The highest use value of 0.30 was reported for
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