LOCAL HEALTH TRADITIONS (LHTs), ORAL HEALTH TRADITIONS (OHTs) AND ETHNO-MEDICINAL PRACTICES (EMPs)

The current book entitled “Local Health Traditions (LHTs), Oral Health Traditions (OHTs) and Ethno-Medicinal Practices (EMPs)” – Methodical approach and Critical appraisal to establish novelty and uniqueness” is an outcome of Systematic Analysis & validation of folklore claims, Local Health Traditions (LHTs), Oral Health Traditions (OHTs), and Ethno-Medicinal Practices (EMPs) through a systematic process of validation & extensive national consultative process of domain experts. The present monograph discusses Local Health Traditions pertaining 348 plant species documented through field surveys in 58 districts of 19 States/Territories of different agro-climatic zones across India by 16 CCRAS- Peripheral Institutes under Tribal Health Care Research Program. The unique of presentation of this work includes validation of LHTs through a methodical approach to establish their novelty and uniqueness. Validation of Local health traditions based on Classical AYUSH literature is first of its kind and not found in works of Ethno medicinal literature.