Vol. 11, Special Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Poonam Kundu, Dr. Kanta Sabharwal and Rajesh Arya

Abstract:
In sustainable human health management, medicinal plants have played a vital role which has led to the growing interest in alternative therapies and therapeutic use of plants. This is because; it is very cheap in comparison to the synthetic industrial forms of medication. The use of these plants is increasing worldwide. They are used in several conditions to augment and maintain human health. The present study was carried out in two selected villages of Hisar district of Haryana state. Three days training was conducted in each village in order to create awareness about the importance and usage of medicinal plants among the rural women. The impact of the training was assessed in terms of gain in knowledge and adoption of medicinal. The study highlighted the facts that training conducted on awareness of medicinal plants was quiet effective in changing the knowledge of rural women. In both the villages women understands the importance of medicinal plants and how to use them for dealing minor health problems at domestic level.