The Himalayan region is the treasure house of natural wealth, particularly of medicinal and aromatic plants. These plants are used by the Indian traditional healers for the past many centuries to treat various ailments such as skin disorders, asthma, diabetes, snake bite, fever, pain, eye diseases, diarrhoea, indigestion, jaundice, burn, wound, liver disorder, CNS disorders and urinary tract infection. The indigenous traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and therapies of various local communities has been lost due to changes in traditional culture and the introduction of modern technologies. Therefore, it is essential to explore the traditional knowledge of the indigenous medicinal plants mainly in such areas where there is a severe threat to natural vegetation owing to human inhabitation. The present study aimed to explore the medicinal plants of Chakrata region (Jaunsar–Bawar Hills), Uttarakhand, India used in the folk medicine for the management of diabetes by Jaunsari Tribe. In a comprehensive field survey, the information about the medicinal plants have been mainly collected from the traditional healers and other elderly people belong to the tribal community. All the information about the medicinal plants of the study area was documented in a field book. Various tools have been used to collect the samples for identification purpose and the authentication of the plants was done with the help of taxonomists. The literature on these plants was also searched from online (PubMed and Scopus) as well as from some textbooks and Ayurvedic classical texts. The present survey-based work described a total of 54 plants belonging to 47 genera and 30 families used in the traditional medicine for the management of diabetes in Chakrata region. The information gathered from the local community revealed that the plants are effective in diabetes and one can use most of them without consulting a practitioner or traditional healer. The literature revealed that most of the surveyed plants are already used in the preparation of various antidiabetic formulations such as Chandraprabha vati, Nishamalaki chunra, Amritamehari churna and Nisakathakadi kashayam along with various patent drugs which are frequently prescribed by the Ayurvedic practitioners in India. The present study explored the traditional as well as scientific knowledge on the antidiabetic plants used by the tribal community. The documented information on these plants can be further used by the scientific community to develop new drugs/formulations with the help of modern techniques.

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Jaunsari 部落对 Chakrata 地区（北阿坎德邦）传统糖尿病药物中使用的药用植物进行民族医学调查。

喜马拉雅地区是自然财富的宝库，特别是药用和芳香植物。在过去的几个世纪里，印度传统治疗师使用这些植物来治疗各种疾病，如皮肤病、哮喘、糖尿病、蛇咬伤、发烧、疼痛、眼病、腹泻、消化不良、黄疸、烧伤、伤口、肝脏疾病、中枢神经系统疾病和尿路感染。由于传统文化的变化和现代技术的引入，当地各个社区的药用植物和疗法的本土传统知识已经消失。因此，有必要主要在人类居住而自然植被受到严重威胁的地区探索本土药用植物的传统知识。本研究旨在探索印度北阿坎德邦 Chakrata 地区（Jaunsar-Bawar 山）的药用植物，Jaunsari 部落在民间医学中用于治疗糖尿病。在全面的实地调查中，有关药用植物的信息主要是从传统治疗师和部落社区的其他老年人那里收集的。有关研究区域药用植物的所有信息都记录在野外书籍中。人们使用了各种工具来收集样本以进行鉴定，并在分类学家的帮助下完成了植物的认证。有关这些植物的文献也是从网上（PubMed 和 Scopus）以及一些教科书和阿育吠陀经典文本中搜索的。目前的调查工作描述了 Chakrata 地区用于治疗糖尿病的传统药物中使用的 30 个科 47 属的 54 种植物。从当地社区收集的信息显示，这些植物对糖尿病有效，人们可以在不咨询医生或传统治疗师的情况下使用其中的大部分植物。文献显示，大多数接受调查的植物已被用于制备各种抗糖尿病制剂，例如 Chandraprabha vati、Nishamalaki chunra、Amritamehari churna 和 Nisakathakadi kashayam，以及印度阿育吠陀从业者经常开出的各种专利药物。本研究探讨了部落社区使用的抗糖尿病植物的传统知识和科学知识。科学界可以进一步利用有关这些植物的记录信息，借助现代技术来开发新药物/制剂。