Ethnobotanical Wisdom of Gaddi Tribe in Western Himalaya

The book is based on the intensive and extensive ethnobotanical survey and field studies among the Gaddi tribe of Western Himalaya. They live in remote forest areas ranging from the foothills to high attitude of Dhauladhar ranges in the district of Kangra, Chamba and other adjacent region of Himachal Pradesh in Western Himalaya. Gaddi is the ancient tribe of Himalaya having about 1 lakh population. Their life style is quite different and interesting from other hill communities of the Himalayas. The book deals with traditional life style and culture of Gaddi's in relation to medicinal and economic plant wealth covered in chapters viz. Introduction, Gaddi's of Western Himalaya, Ethnobotanical Plant-Food, Medicine, Fibre, Oil, gum and Resin, Dyes and Tannin, Fodder, and miscellaneous uses, Ecodevelopment of the region. An exhaustive inventory of about 450 plants and plant products of ethnobotanical value has been death in the book. The biodiversity resources utilized by the tribes in their day to day life and healthcare has been provided in the book. The book contains so many photographs and illustrations pertaining to vegetation, plants and plant product. A number of new or less known ethnomedicinal preparation/reciepes are described based on the indigenous Phytotherapy of Gaddi medicinemen.