[ Prem Chetry ]
TAWANG, 1 Aug: A team of four individuals from Bomdila, driven by personal and professional interest, conducted a survey for rare and endangered medicinal herbs in the high altitude grazing grounds in Tawang district.
The team, comprising retired horticulture director Nawang Lobsang, Dr Yeshi Tsering, chief medical officer at Bomdila Mentseekhang (Tibetan Medical Institute), and
Dr Lhakpa Dorjee Lama, an intern doctor, carried out a three-day intensive survey in Mago, Tsao, Chuna, and Jethang. These high-altitude grazing grounds, located above 15,000 feet, are rich in herbal medicinal plants primarily used in Tibetan medicine.
Lobsang said that these high-altitude areas have significant potential for herbal medicinal plants. The three-day survey, from 26 to 28 July, conducted on foot, covered four grazing grounds.
“Our purpose was to study and document the availability of rare and endangered high-altitude medicinal plants, including aconites, meconopsis, picrorhiza, podophyllum, codonopsis, dactylorhiza, primulas, jatamansi, cordyceps, and gentians,” he added.
