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The Hindu Kush, some 800 km long mountain range forms the
geopolitical boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan. An
extensive survey was carried out during summer 2009 to document the
traditional knowledge about the medicinal use of plants by the
dwellers of one of the remote valley in Hindu Kush Mountains. The
study showed that local inhabitants not only use medicinal plants
for curing various diseases but also earn a substantial part of
their livelihood by selling some of them in the markets. One
hundred and fourteen of the medicinal plants were recognized to use
as diuretic, laxative, antiseptic, anthelmintic, carminative,
expectorant, astringent and purgative agents. Thirty species of
them are also collected for trade purposes. According to the
interviewed population, the availability of medicinal plants is
decreasing day by day due to increasing human population, extensive
grazing, increase in market demand and unwise collection.
Therefore, study recommended that governmental and non-governmental
organizations should play their possible role to aware the local
people about threats to the plants and their sustainable future.
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