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A synthesis of ethnopharmacological knowledge and western biologicalscience has been attempted in this paper. Thirty-four species of plants usedby local women in hamlets of Banjar taluka, Kulu district, Himachal Pradeshhave been recorded. The knowledge of medicinal plants that local women haveis important as they have a lifetime experience in using them through caringfor themselves, their families and others around them. For the plants recorded,information from scientific literature has been included in order to explainor justify the traditional medical use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]