A dimension within Medicinal Forest Conservation
Discusses natural remedies and herbal medicine derived from forest products and medicinal plants.
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By cherishing and utilizing the traditional foods and herbs found in our forests and lands, we can sustain ourselves and combat malnutrition while preserving our natural heritage.
Faced with the loss of their natural forest, a community took action to plant a new one specifically for medicinal herbs.
In remote mountain forests, a community navigates daily life, preserving ancient crops and adapting cultural traditions amidst evolving times.
Drawing strength from ancient customs and the jungle's bounty, our community thrives by living independently and preserving traditional foodways for future generations.
We tribal people bring herbs from the forest to treat many diseases, for the well-being of people.
— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
We tribal people bring herbs from the forest and treat ailments, which is very important for health.
— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
Residents in the forest bushes have a business of various medicinal plants, and they benefit from it for food.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We can use muIdim found in the forest as traditional medicine.
— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha
We get treatment from the forest.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Traditional medicinal remedies are being prepared for obtaining by searching for medicinal herbs, fruits, roots, and other medicinal items from the forest.
— Padmalochan Majhi · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
We Adivasi communities are communities that depend on nature, collect roots and tubers from the forests, and use them as food, which is very nutritious and also serves as medicine.
— Ram Kumari
They bring herbs from the forest, make them into a powder, and use them for health, which is very beneficial.
— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
Herbs from the jungle are very beneficial for our body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Herbs of the forest
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
People bring many other types of medicines from the forest that are found in abundance.
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We get various types of fruits and roots from the forest.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
Traditionally, we obtain medicinal products from the natural forest, various types of Hadi, Kandha, Banakandha, different kinds of leaves, brooms, and other such diverse things, as well as our traditional drinks.
— Mishra · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
People in the village bring herbs from the jungle and eat them for their health, which is very beneficial or advantageous.
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We get various greens and various fruits from the forest.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
In earlier times, we used to get medicine from the forest.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
People here, based on ancient customs, cure their illnesses with herbs from the forest. This is why their health generally remains good.
— Sonmati · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our diet. We are in a jungle area. The jungle's herbs and some of its air. Now, due to its influence, our diet is different. We remain healthy for this reason because we rely on herbs; when we wake up in the morning, it's the herbs...
— ANIL KUMAR · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We really enjoy staying among the lush green trees and plants in the forest. We get pure air from those trees and plants, and by living in the forest, we get many types of medicinal herbs.
— Kamleah Kumar · Dalla, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Currently, we are seeing that people are gradually obtaining the fruits, medicinal plants, greens, and nutritious food that were available in the forest.
— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
We indigenous people used to eat roots and tubers from the forests and sustained ourselves with them. These also served as medicine, keeping our bodies healthy. Even today, we should use roots and tubers.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our tribe has been living in this village for a long time. We are natives of the surrounding area. Now, medicinal herbs...
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Forest herbs
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
To define our tribe, first of all, we live in jungle villages and use herbs and all kinds of medicines.
— bachcha lal · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
From the forest, we also get many things as vegetables, such as
— Kekti Tekam
If we make and sell herbal medicine from the forest, we can sustain the family along with community resources.
— Anirudha Marai
Mahuwa seeds, herbs, Pohri, and Putu Lakh are brought from the forest.
— Kekti Tekam
We can bring and use some medicinal properties found in the forest, such as chiro or polamula, and by showing it to the children, to them.
— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha
Living in the forest and enduring hardships, whether it is building a home to use herbs for treating illnesses, or making a living by eating fruits and flowers, or for this.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We will live in small villages in the jungle, making a living by cutting and selling wood, and by selling all kinds of herbs that humans use.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We tribals cut down forests to build our homes and live in the forest itself. From the forest, we get roots, flowers, and delicious fruits, and we sustain our lives from them, and we also do farming.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We are getting all kinds of seasonal produce from the forest.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Lamingi, Rayagada, Odisha
We can collect all the medicinal things found in the forest and show them to future generations and preserve them.
— Anupama Mahanand
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
We get our nutritious diet from the forest, such as Mahua fruit Doli oil in the form of fat, Kodo, Bhaddi, Kulthia, Mahua flowers, Jamun, Mahua kheer, Bhaji, etc.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Fanjan greens, Panjaniyaan greens, and Vochhateen greens from the forest are beneficial for the body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
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
Yes, according to our traditional customs, consuming forest herbs twice a year can provide nutrition.
— Padmalochan Majhi · Ratachua, Rayagada, Odisha
The Makadia tribe's life and livelihood depend on the forest. They live by gathering and selling fruits, flowers, roots, medicinal herbs, and mushrooms from the forest as food. They respect whatever their elders say. When food in one forest runs out, they move to another forest.
— Anirudha Marai
From the forest, we get leafy vegetables, tubers, mushrooms, and fruits. All these kinds of things are available.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
