An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants used by Local People of Neel Valley, Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir, India

International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science
© 2018 by SSRG - IJAES Journal
Volume 5 Issue 3
Year of Publication : 2018
Authors : Ammir Hassan, Shamiya Hassan, Mohd Abdul Nasir
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Ammir Hassan, Shamiya Hassan, Mohd Abdul Nasir, " An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants used by Local People of Neel Valley, Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir, India," SSRG International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science, vol. 5,  no. 3, pp. 17-20, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V5I3P103

Abstract:

History has witnessed a close association between plants and mankind. Since prehistoric times Medicinal plants have been used by humans to treat various ailments and this Ethnomedicinal knowledge has been transmitted to generations through oral traditions. These Medicinal plants were also integral to traditional Indian system of medicine i.e. Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani. The first historical account of medicinal use of plants is found in ancient Indian treatise Rigveda, 1500-400 BC. The Objective of present communication was to investigate, identify and document the uses of medicinal plants in traditional medicines by local inhabitants of Neel valley, Raman, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Keywords:

Medicinal plants, Ayurveda, Rigveda, Traditional medicine, Neel valley.

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