Traditional plant and shurb used by the gujjar and bakarwal tribe of District Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Abstract

The use of medical plant and Shrubs by the Gujjar and Bakarwal represents a long history on the earth planet. The survival of human beings on the earth surface is dependent on one another for the survival of good live hoods. The major segmentation of Gujjars and Bakarwal population contributes to the study area and lives in the neighboring forest for their purpose of pasture. The rearing of cattle buffalo goats sheep are the primary occupation and the source of income, and hence they migrate from one place to another place. The Gujjar and Bakarwal spend their lives for the domestication of animals for fulfills their needs such as food, fodder clothing, housing and for medicine they use such natural traditional plants and shrubs. Throughout the world, the importance and value of traditional knowledge of medical plants increase day by day. The knowledge of traditional shrubs carried out by Gujjar and Bkarwhal. They make use of the Shrubs to cure different ailments. They used a different part of the medical plants such as roots, flowers, barks, fruit, leaf, wood, etc. Sometimes the whole plant is used. The herbal plants and shrubs used by this tribe are to treat different diseases joint pain, headache, toothache, skin problem, stomach problems, cut and wounds, body pain, vomiting, fever, juidence, dysentery, heart problem, infections, and gastro problem, etc. They use different methods to prepared include powder, juice, oil, paste, extract, smoke, and raw material.