BACKGROUND The district of Manang (2000 - 6000 m) is located in the Central Himalayas, Nepal. The majority of local inhabitants of the area are Gurungs, of Tibetan origin. The remoteness of the region has resulted in continued use of plants as medicine in an area where the ethnobotany has sparsely been documented. METHODS Interviews were conducted with amchi (Tibetan medicinal practitioners),...

India has a rich heritage of herbal medicine of which the most important system namely Ayurveda needs even today a critical scientific scrutiny both in the correct identity of the proper drug plants and in the standard of the preparation of Ayurveda drugs. Authentic data on the medicinal plants growing in the Srikakulam district of Northern Andhra Pradesh is presented in the paper along with th...

background and objectives: medicinal plants are widely used by people in the treatment of various diseases. these resources are usually regarded as part of cultural traditional knowledge. the aim of this study was to identify the information about the medicinal plants used by indigenous people of some regions of hamedan province, iran. methods: the present ethnobotanical study was conducted in ...

background & aim: the traditional knowledge about medicinal plants is the basic step in many drug productions. traditional medicine and herbal drug have absorbed attraction of many world authorities. using medicinal plants has developed in many countries even those with a vast use of chemical drugs. ethno-botanical studies result in documentation of many useful plants. in these studies the ...

background & aim: iran has a long history in ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology. the indigenous people in yahyaabad area, is located in the conserved area of the karkas mountains, are used many plants and natural material for treatment their diseases.  yahyaabad area is an important part of central mountains of kashan, central iran. there are many plant species in this area which have medici...