Author(s):

Pervaiz Ahmad Dar, Nahida Rashid, Athar Parwez, Afsahul Kalam

Abstract: Introduction: Ethnomedicinal practices reflect the corrum of knowledge, beliefs, traditions and practices of the inhabitants of different communities of a particular geographical region having a certain geographical demarcation and a unique biodiversity. A global perspective of the herbal medicine in the present technologically progressive results has changed tremendously. Research and development of physio-pharmaceuticals is nowadays paralleled by an intensified evaluation of active principles of poly-herbal formulations. Documentation and validation of the ethnomedicinal practices is the need of the hour as the ever-escalating biopiracy controversies has posed a new challenge. As per the W.H.O the traditional medicine has widespread acceptance throughout world and 70% of the world population depend on traditional health care system for management of various ailments (W.H.O 2002). Low cost, easy access and minimal side effects are some key factors for its widespread acceptance. India is amongst the most important sources of medicinal herbs and 27% of the total known medicinal plant species are found here ^[1-3]. Methods: during the review of the ethnomedicine practices of Kashmir valley, the methods employed were designed with the main aim of eliciting the indigenous wealth of information on the ethnomedicinal practices of people indigenous to Kashmir valley and the information was collected from scientific journals, books, and reports via electronic search tools (PUBMED, SCOPUS, Google scholar, web of science) and floras of different region of Kashmir Results: This review summarizes the ethnopharmacology and pharmacological activities of 87 plant used in the different parts of Kashmir valley and an inquest to study the diversity, distribution and utilization pattern of the medicinal plants, document folklore uses, identify nativity and endemism and suggest suitable conservation and management strategies of these herbs.

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