Research Article | Published: 01 December 2012

Folk Herbal Remedies for Skin Care in Kumaun Himalaya

Deepika Bhatt, Pankaj Sharma, Lipika Sharma and G. C. Joshi

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 19 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 309-312 | 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2012-2Z1CPI | Cite this article

Abstract

The value of medicinal plants in traditional healthcare practices provides clues to latest areas of research. However, information on the uses of plants for medicine is deficient from interior areas of Himalaya. Keeping this in view, the   present study has been conducted to highlight the medicinal values of some plants used for the skin care by the natives of Kumaun Himalaya, a province of Uttarakhand. Ethno-botanical assessment of 24 plant species belonging to 18 families used by the local people for curing the different skin ailments including boils and blisters, itching, wounds and cuts, skin irruption, leprosy, etc. were recorded. Plant name, local name and traditional uses are described in the paper for each plant. The aim of the study is to document the traditional therapies diminishing day by day.

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Bhatt, D., Sharma, P., Sharma, L. and Joshi, G.C., 2012. Folk Herbal Remedies for Skin Care in Kumaun Himalaya. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 19(4), pp.309-312. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2012-2Z1CPI

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