The Ethnomedical Investigation of Native Communities and the Use of Wild Plants in the Temperate Woods of Ganderbal Kashmir, India

Abstract

The traditional approaches to health treatment that are derived from indigenous cultural beliefs and practices rather than the theoreticalunderpinnings of contemporary medicine are referred to as ethno-medicine. The primary healthcare needs of over 80% of the globalpopulation are met by conventional medicine, according to estimates from the World Health Organisation (WHO). Many rural areasaround the world still use traditional medical systems because they are remote from modern medical facilities and physicians. Manyindividuals in the modern world still choose basic ethno-medicine for primary treatment. This research offers ethnomedical data aboutthe traditional, partially documented use of wild medicinal plants by the fringe people to treat various illnesses in the temperate woodsof District Ganderbal, Kashmir. The research aimed to investigate and record the customary wisdom on wild plant species utilized bythe forest fringe populations in the Ganderbal, Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir, India.