Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Uttaranchal at a glance. 3. Methodology and arrangement of data. 4. Folk of medicinal plants: i. Plants used in human diseases and disorders (ethnomedicinal plants). ii. Supplementary list of medicinal plants. iii. Plants used in livestock healthcare (ethnoveterinary plants). 5. Diversity of medicinal and aromatic plants. 6. Plants available in Uttaranchal used in Indian system of medicine (Ayurveda). 7. Biological screening of medicinal and aromatic plants of Uttaranchal. 8. Threatened medicinal and aromatic plants of Uttaranchal. 9. Ethno-medico-zoological wisdom in Uttaranchal. 10. Alternative system of therapies in Uttaranchal. Appendices: 1. Patents on medicinal plants. 2. Medicinal and aromatic plant gardens, arboretums and nurseries in Uttaranchal. 3. Medicinal and aromatic plants in demand/assured market/used by the industries. 4. Medicinal and aromatic plants under cultivation/cultivation trials. 5. Information related to medicinal and aromatic plants particularly on funding agencies, trade, planting materials, agro-techniques, etc. 6. Glossary of technical and medical terms used. 7. Little known traditional herbalists/veterinarians of Uttaranchal. 8. Ethnobotanists of Uttaranchal. 9. Some important literature on ethnobotany/medicinal plants. 10. Biodiversity: some current issues. Indices: 1. Index of botanical names. 2. Index of zoological names. 3. Index of vernacular/local names.

"The book entitled "Folk Medicine and Aromatic Plants of Uttaranchal" is an account of folk medicinal plants used in human and animal healthcare in Uttaranchal. The main text deals with 1338 ethnomedicinal plants and 364 ethnoveterinary plants followed by diversity of MAPs, MAPs available in Uttaranchal used in Indian System of Medicines (ISM), biologically active MAPs, rare and threatened MAPs, ethno-medico-zoological   wisdom and alternative systems of therapies prevailing in Uttaranchal.

In addition the book includes nine appendices pertaining to patenting, medicinal plant gardens and nurseries, cultivated MAPs, herbalists, ethnobotanists, glossary of medicinal terms. Indices of botanical names, zoological names and vernacular/local names have also been provided.

This book will act as a ready reckoner for academicians, policy makers, researchers, Ayurvedic physicians and general readers." (jacket)