Traditional Health

We should preserve our culture so that herbs and forests remain.

— Chanda

I want to save traditional medicine, herbs, roots, and trees.

— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha

We can collect all the medicinal things found in the forest and show them to future generations and preserve them.

— Anupama Mahanand

We should engage in traditional conservation so that we can inform future generations about herbs and traditional songs, ensuring their preservation for generations to come.

— Chanda

We want to bring all the traditional medicines, including roots and herbs, that are available. And we want to save the forest. All the traditional games that were played...

— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha

So that future generations can also know about all the trees and plants in the forests that protect us from diseases.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

So that future generations can know about the trees and plants in the forests that protect us from disease.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Traditional songs and forest herbs should be protected.

— Chanda

It is absolutely essential for traditional healers and elderly people to learn about and identify medicinal plants from forest-dwelling tribes, and to preserve this knowledge for future generations.

— Anirudha Marai

I want to bring back the medicinal items, food items, and root vegetables found in our forest, so that they do not disappear.

— Laxmi Bagh · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

For future generations, traditional food and herbal remedies should be available, and people should remain healthy. They wish for their preservation through this.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Traditional knowledge about forest medicinal herbs, the language of seeds, animals, and birds should be learned from the elder generation and passed on to the youth.

— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha

We should preserve our culture, herbs, forests, our history, and old festivals like Karma.

— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We must protect our forests so that herbs remain.

— Chanda

For us, the knowledge of traditional culture, civilization, traditions, customs, food and drink, worship, lifestyle, and herbs should reach the next generation.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

We should preserve our culture because traditional knowledge and science are associated with it. If we do not preserve it, traditional knowledge and science will disappear. From the forest...

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We must preserve old traditions like dance, music, cuisine, and herbs for our future generation.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We are gradually destroying the traditional seeds of ancient times. We should preserve those seeds. Otherwise, some medicines and plants are leading to their extinction.

— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Gitilāta, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand

The medicinal things we used to get from plants and leaves are getting lost, and now nobody knows about them. We should bring them back and educate ourselves.

— Anupama Mahanand

We have been living in this village for approximately 100 years. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. There have been many changes in the forest; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, then within the next 20 years, along with the destruction of the forest, all types of wild animals, medicinal plants, and creepers will disappear. Camps should be organized to teach traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders to the younger generation, transfer it to the next generation, and preserve it.

— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

If we do not make some effort, we will lose our traditional seeds, medicinal herbs, pure environment, air, etc.

— Kachala Choudhary

We have been living in this village for nearly 100 years. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. The forest has undergone many changes; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, then within the next 20 years, the forest will be destroyed, and all types of wild animals, medicinal plants, and vines will vanish. Camps should be organized to teach the younger generation traditional forest and tribal knowledge from the elders, to pass it on to the next generation, and to preserve it.

— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

Due to the cutting of trees and plants in the village, various herbs and food items are becoming extinct. We can protect them.

— Mohan AHARI · Sarera, Udaipur, Rajasthan

In our village, treatment was done with wild herbs, which is decreasing today. If it is not saved in the future, it will gradually disappear.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

For keeping knowledge of herbs.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

I have been living in this village since my grandfather's time. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. The forest has changed a lot; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, the forest will be destroyed within the next 20 years, and all kinds of wild animals, medicinal trees, and plants will vanish. The younger generation should be taught traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders and transfer it to the next generation, and camps should be organized to preserve it.

— DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha

It is essential for the elders to teach Joba Piding about traditional forest tribal knowledge. This will enable them to identify any medicinal plants from the forest in the coming generations.

— Santosh Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha

We tribal people bring herbs from the forest and treat ailments, which is very important for health.

— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh

We should protect our culture because preserving it will save traditional knowledge, native seeds, water, forests, and land.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

In our tribal communities, when we fall ill, we rely on roots and herbs. So, other communities should observe us.

— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

Our traditional mountain songs, which are connected to nature, are slowly disappearing. Therefore, we should make efforts to pass them on to the next generation.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

The villagers of Amba are making efforts to protect and revive their existing traditional forest. If the government provides some assistance to protect various types of herbal medicines, they will surely be able to protect them.

— Padmalochan Majhi · Ratachua, Rayagada, Odisha

It would be better if our centuries-old traditions continue, including old songs, wedding ceremonies, and the use of tribal herbs, which strengthen bones. Therefore, we want to maintain these traditions so that my health remains strong and we can live on Earth for a long time.

— Sonmati · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

If I get an opportunity, I will try to restore the various types of medicinal plants that have been lost from our traditional forests.

— Susanta Toika · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

The youth should also have the knowledge about herbs that our tribals possess.

— अमर जीत · Majlispur, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

People of our community follow old traditions and use herbal remedies for illnesses. In our community, people only reach out to hospitals and doctors as a last resort. That is why herbal medicine should be kept readily available.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We tribal people bring herbs from the forest to treat many diseases, for the well-being of people.

— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh

To save our tradition and culture

— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

One should protect their culture so that future generations have its traditional knowledge and are helped in preserving their traditions.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Learn traditional forest and tribal knowledge so that this knowledge can be passed on to the next generation.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh