J Ethnopharmacol. 2000 Nov; 73(1-2): 175-83.

Indigenous knowledge and uses of medicinal plants by local communities of the Kali Gandaki Watershed Area, Nepal.

Joshi AR, Joshi K.

South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme, 10 Anderson Road, 5, Colombo, Sri Lanka. [email protected]

A field survey was conducted in the villages of Ramdi, Malunga, Balam, Beltari, Mirmi, Burgha and Ridi in the Kali Gandaki watershed, Nepal; 48 medicinal plants belonging to 31 families were reported, each with local names, traditional uses, methods of preparation and route of administration. Traditional medicine remains an integral part of the health system in these areas. Local people have remarkable knowledge of species identity and their uses as crude drugs.