Documentation of commonly used wild medicinal plants in shikari devi wildlife sanctuary of himachal pradesh, india

An ethnobotanical survey was done to collect the data on the practice of ethnomedicinal plant species in Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary of Himachal Pradesh, India. The Sanctuary range has a very high quantity of endemic species and the social status of the ethnomedicinal plants in the communal thatis essential for public health and the preservation of traditional information. This study identified the ethnomedicinal plants presently used, recorded traditional information, and known patterns of diseases treated in the native individuals. A total of 23 commonly used ethnomedicinal plants belong to same or different familieswere described by native informants. Ethnomedicinal plant parts were used to treat several diseases, including snake bites, cough, cold, fever and infectious diseases etc. Informants reported that the most common plant part used was the leaves, and they also took the herbal remedies orally and topically which were the forms used to prepare these natural remedies. This ethnomedicinalstudy provides documentation of medicinal plant species used in the Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary ofHimachal Pradesh in India. Local people were still reliant on ethnomedicinal plants, and in order to avoid their loss, certain measures for preservation of ethnomedicinal plants are needed.