Traditional therapeutic practices in the Himalayan heartland of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India - A qualitative exploration

Traditional healers of Kinnaur have long classified, examined, and applied natural resource knowledge to develop therapeutic remedies. Understanding sociocultural patterns will aid policymakers in framing policies that would help sustain the age-old traditional knowledge of medicine, and it will also inform and sensitize healthcare providers to the beliefs and practices of their patients. In-depth interdisciplinary studies on the area's natural resources should be undertaken to understand active compounds of herbal plants used by traditional healers, which can validate traditional medicine through biomedical research.