Ethnomedicinal Flora: Therapeutic Significance of Major Food Plants in a Remote Part of the Eastern Himalayas‪.‬

ABSTRACT -- Ethnomedicinal studies on the commonly used food plants were conducted in one of the most remote areas of the eastern Himalayas bordering Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Tibet. The Himalayan1 mountain complex is rich in medicinal folklore and has contributed much, enriching both modern and indigenous systems of medicine. Medicinal folklore of the food plants in this region may stimulate scientific and analytical evaluation of the remedies that may combat dreaded present and future human afflictions. **********