The Sikkim Himalaya harbours a great variety of medicinal plants and the folk medicinal practices using them are quite common among all ethnocultural groups of the region. This book covers a wide spectrum from history, extraction, environmental implications, marketing channels, institutional efforts, folk practices and to the possible future programmes. There are 10 chapters in the book. Some of them are different groups and elements, Aconitum ferox to Zanthoxylum alatum, Govt. and voluntary bodies, Nepali, Lepcha and Tibetan harbal systems, origin, channel and markets, environmental implications, research and domestication programmes etc.