Lok Sabha Question No. 4437 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Rare and Medicinal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4437 TO BE ANSWERED ON  20 TH MARCH, 2020

## RARE AND MEDICINAL P LANTS

## 4437. SHRI RAJU BISTA:

Will  the  Minister of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  initiative  to  document  and  classify  the  rar medicinal plants of Himalayan region and other traditional medical system for medicinal use;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  any  specialised  central  agency  to  fu encourage research and classification of the traditional medicine systems, based on rar and herbs of the Eastern Himalayan region; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATH Y (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a): Yes,  the Botanical  Survey  of  India  an  organization  under  Ministry  of  Environment Forest  and Climate  Change  is  mandated  for  survey  of  plant  diversity  of  the  country  and documentation, including traditional knowledge associated with it at National, Regional and Ecosystem level. As per BSI data more than 8000 species of medicinal plants are found in the country, in which 2800 species of medicinal plants are used in different systems of Ind Medicine in the country. In Himalayan region, there are ca. 1500 species in Western Himalayan region and ca. 3000 species in Eastern Himalayan region. The status of Medicinal plants species are assessed through 'rapid threat assessment method' commonly  called Conservation Assessment and Management Prioritization (CAMP).
- (b): Some  medicinal  plants  of Himalayan regionare  being rare  and  endangered  in  their natural habitat are at Annexure -I.

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( c) & (d): Under Ministry of AYUSH, different research councils viz. Central Council f Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for Unani Medicine (CCRUM) and Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) are also engaged in survey, documentation medicinal flora of different areas of the country. Publication details of Himalayan re CCRAS,  New  Delhi  are  at Annexure - II . In  addition  to  traditional  medicinal  knowledge, Ministry of AYUSH in collaboration with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has established a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) which entails transcripti Ayurveda,  Unani,  Sid dha  codified  texts  into  different  languages  English,  German,  Frenc Japanese  and  Spanish  etc.  Government  of  India  has  also  established  a  National  Institute  'The North  Eastern  Institute  of  Folk  Medicine  (NEIFM)  Under  Ministry  of  AYUSH  at  Pasighat Arunanchal Pradesh with the objective to survey, document and validate folk medicine pra and  remedies.  Ministry  of  AYUSH  also  proposes  to  set  up  an  Institute  for  High  Alti Medicinal Plants (IHAMP) in Jammu & Kashmir.

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Annexure -I List of some rare and endangered medicinal plants of Himalayan region.

|   S No. | Botanical Name                              | Common name         |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Aconitum heterophyllum                      | Atis                |
|       2 | Aconitum deinorrhizum                       | Vatsnabh            |
|       3 | Atropa acuminata (= Atropa belladonna)      | Belladona           |
|       4 | Dactylorhiza hatagirea (= Orchis latifolia) | Salam Panja         |
|       5 | Gentiana kurroo                             | Karu, Trayman       |
|       6 | Habenaria edgeworthii                       | Vridhi              |
|       7 | Jurinea dolomiaea (= J. macrocephala)       | Dhoop               |
|       8 | Lilium polyphyllum                          | Himalayan lily      |
|       9 | Malaxis muscifera                           | Jeeevak             |
|      10 | Picrorhiza kurroa                           | Kutki               |
|      11 | Swertia chirayita (= S. chirata)            | Chirata             |
|      12 | Angelica glauca                             | Chora               |
|      13 | Arnebia benthamii                           | Ratanjot            |
|      14 | Arnebia euchroma                            | Ratanjot            |
|      15 | Berberis aristata                           | Daru haridra        |
|      16 | Betula utilis                               | Bhojpatar           |
|      17 | Colchicum luteum                            | Suranja             |
|      18 | Dioscorea deltoidea                         | Baniatakari         |
|      19 | Fritillaria roylei                          | Kakoli              |
|      20 | Habenaria intermedia                        | Riddhi              |
|      21 | Nardostachys grandiflora (=N.jatamansi)     | Jatamansi           |
|      22 | Paris polyphylla                            | Satwa, Satuwa       |
|      23 | Podophyllum hexandrum (=P. emodi)           | Bankakri            |
|      24 | Polygonatum cirrhifolium                    | Mahameda            |
|      25 | Polygonatum multiflorum                     | Meda-bhed           |
|      26 | Polygonatum verticillatum                   | Meda (Salam mishri) |
|      27 | Rheum moorcroftianum                        | Revand chini        |
|      28 | Saussurea obvallata                         | Brahamkamal         |
|      29 | Taxus wallichiana (= T. baccata)            | Thuner,Taxus        |
|      30 | Zanthoxylum armatum ( Z. alatum)            | Tirmur, Tejbal      |

## List of Publications

|   S No. | Title of the Books                                                                               |   Year |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|       1 | Uttarakhand Vanoushadhi Darshika (English)                                                       |   1977 |
|       2 | Preliminary Techno Economical Survey of Natural Resources and Herbal Wealth of Laddakh (English) |   1978 |
|       3 | Medico-Ethno-Botanical Explorations of Sikkim Himalayas                                          |   1991 |
|       4 | The Medico-Ethno-Botany of Lower Subansiri District (Arunachal Pradesh)                          |   1993 |
|       5 | Healing Herbs of Himalaya (English)                                                              |   2008 |
|       6 | Himalaya ki Arogyadayi Vanaspatiyan (Hindi)                                                      |   2008 |
|       7 | Herbal Wealth of Uttarakhand, Vol. I                                                             |   2015 |
|       8 | Herbal Wealth of Uttarakhand, Vol. II                                                            |   2016 |
|       9 | A Hand Book on Medicinal Plants of Himalayas used in Sowa-Rigpa                                  |   2016 |

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## Annexure -II