Exploration and local utilization of medicinal vegetation naturally grown in the Deusai plateau of Gilgit, Pakistan

Saudi J Biol Sci. 2018 Feb;25(2):326-331. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.07.012. Epub 2017 Jul 28.

Abstract

In the study area, the traditional knowledge regarding the uses of local wild medicinal plants for the health care of human and domestic animals is totally in hold of old people. The young ones are unaware about such an indispensable practices. The objective of the current study was to transfer this sort of precious knowledge from old members of the community to young generations in documented form.

Keywords: Deosai; Gilgit; Himalayan; Medicinal vegetation; Traditional knowledge.