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INGENIOUS MEDICINAL HERB PRACTICES IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION IN JALALABAD GILGIT GILGIT BALTISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-II).16      10.31703/grr.2024(IX-II).16      Published : Jun 2024

Ingenious Medicinal Herb Practices: Impact of Climate Change on Production and Utilization in Jalalabad Gilgit, Gilgit Baltistan

Abstract

    Medicinal plants are used by many traditional herbal healers to cure many diseases. This study examines local response towards the environmental change, focusing on how the traditional community of Jalalabad, Gilgit understands this change. It examines the perception of people and the use of medicinal herbs produced in the adjacent areas of Jalalabad. Explanatory and qualitative research designs along with semi-structured interviews were administered for data collection. A sample of 20 elderly grandmothers was selected. The findings suggest that several herbs were still in practice to solve the skin, digestive, respiratory, and skin-related problems in the selected community. Due to climate change, many problems emerged over time but still, respondents wanted to continue the use of herbs because of no side effects. The study also recommended that scientific intervention, training, and preservation of traditional knowledge are needed to preserve the indigenous culture and practices of the far northern people.

    Indigenous Knowledge, Herbs, Climate Change

    (1) Nida Batool
    MPhil Scholar, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Nazia Rafiq
    Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University - PMAS AAUR, Rawalpindi, Punjab Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Batool, N., & Rafiq, N. (2024). Ingenious Medicinal Herb Practices: Impact of Climate Change on Production and Utilization in Jalalabad Gilgit, Gilgit Baltistan. Global Regional Review, IX(II), 149-156. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-II).16

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Batool, Nida, and Nazia Rafiq. 2024. "Ingenious Medicinal Herb Practices: Impact of Climate Change on Production and Utilization in Jalalabad Gilgit, Gilgit Baltistan." Global Regional Review, IX (II): 149-156 doi: 10.31703/grr.2024(IX-II).16

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    HARVARD : BATOOL, N. & RAFIQ, N. 2024. Ingenious Medicinal Herb Practices: Impact of Climate Change on Production and Utilization in Jalalabad Gilgit, Gilgit Baltistan. Global Regional Review, IX, 149-156.

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    MHRA : Batool, Nida, and Nazia Rafiq. 2024. "Ingenious Medicinal Herb Practices: Impact of Climate Change on Production and Utilization in Jalalabad Gilgit, Gilgit Baltistan." Global Regional Review, IX: 149-156

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    MLA : Batool, Nida, and Nazia Rafiq. "Ingenious Medicinal Herb Practices: Impact of Climate Change on Production and Utilization in Jalalabad Gilgit, Gilgit Baltistan." Global Regional Review, IX.II (2024): 149-156 Print.

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    OXFORD : Batool, Nida and Rafiq, Nazia (2024), "Ingenious Medicinal Herb Practices: Impact of Climate Change on Production and Utilization in Jalalabad Gilgit, Gilgit Baltistan", Global Regional Review, IX (II), 149-156

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Batool, Nida, and Nazia Rafiq. "Ingenious Medicinal Herb Practices: Impact of Climate Change on Production and Utilization in Jalalabad Gilgit, Gilgit Baltistan." Global Regional Review IX, no. II (2024): 149-156. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-II).16