Studies on Traditional Knowledge of Medicinal Herbs of Swat Kohistan, District Swat, Pakistan.

Medicinal herbs provide prime source of primary health care in the northern mountainous parts of Pakistan in the Himalayas, Hindu-Kush and Karakorum mountain ranges. However, with the introduction of allopathic drags, the use of crude drugs from medicinal plants is on the decline and subsequently, the pertinent traditional knowledge may be lost in the near future. During the present study traditional knowledge of 126 medicinal herbs was documented from Swat Kohistan. Most of these herbs are used locally while some are sold to other parts of Pakistan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]