Ethno-Medicinal Heritage Of Chandi Devi Hill’s Of Haridwar, Uttarakhand

Ayurvedic system of medicine constituting the use of plants, spirituality and the natural environment , has been the source of healing for the people since millennia. The precious indigenous knowledge, when supplemented and validated by the late scientific insights, can offer new holistic models of sustainable development that are economically,environmentally and socially acceptable. The ethno-medicinal information provides a base to new compound with active principles for phyto-chemical, pharmacognostical, pharmacological and clinical research. The study was planned to find out the ethno-medicinal importance of medicinal plants used by Gujjar tribes in the Shivalik Hills of Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Comparative analysis of Ethno-medicinal uses with Ayurvedic literature reveals that 69.16% of the tribal indications are supported by classical evidences.