Abstract
ABSTRACT Himachal Pradesh has a great altitudinal range (300-7,000m asl), with varied species, habitats, communities, populations and ecosystems. There are more than 3,400 different species of plants are reported to be found in Himachal Pradesh. More than 1,000 plant species have been known as aromatic and medicinal for the states occurring in temperate forests, Shiwalik ranges, alpine and sub-alpine pastures. Majority of the inhabitants in Himachal Pradesh belong to different communities and cultures, with specific traditional knowledge. In the remote areas, especially high altitude region of the state is devoid of modern medical facilities and therefore tribal and rural society mainly depend on native medicinal plants. Herein we compiled 41 medicinal plant species belonging to same or different families used by migratory shepherds in Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary of district Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh. This survey will help the medicos, forest, pharmaceutical firm and wild life manager in their efforts for improving the public health service and conservation of wild medicinal plant wealth of the study area.
Highlights
The western Himalaya is a rich collection house of innumerable natural assets, of which vegetation aspect is preeminent
We compiled 41 medicinal plant species belonging to same or different families used by migratory shepherds in Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary of district Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh
The Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary is the important dwindling area of the Himalayan region is situated in the TransGiri hill ranges of Sirmour district, Himachal Pradesh (Fig. 1)
Summary
The western Himalaya is a rich collection house of innumerable natural assets, of which vegetation aspect is preeminent. Indian ethno-medicinal information is a cache, shows a substantial part in rural inhabitants life. According to the World Health Organization report, tribal and rural people use Himachal Pradesh has different atmospheric conditions due to changing altitude ranging from 500 to 7,000 m from north to south and from east to west. The ethnomedicinal plants are significant in natural wares to accomplish all the human needs, such as food, shelter, fiber, and medicine etc. The partnership of plants and human beings is ancient and the antiquity of usage of plants can be assessed through ethnobotanical studies (Samant et al, 2007). There are several methods of ethnobotanical research and those relevant to medicinal plants are archeological search in literature, herbaria, and the field studies. The present study was designed to gather information on medicinal use of plants from
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