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title: "7 Endangered Himalayan plants you should know for their medicinal values"  
description: "Kashmir is home to scores of extinction-prone flora and fauna. Here are seven endangered Himalayan plants known for medicinal values"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-02  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1730/7-endangered-himalayan-plants-you-should-know-for-their-medicinal-values  
category: "medical"  
tags: ["Medical", "Himalayan plants", "endangered Plants", "Himalayan medicinal plants"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# 7 Endangered Himalayan plants you should know for their medicinal values

![7 Endangered Himalayan plants you should know for their medicinal values](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8d63952d-1ed6-4f89-b561-662b26dbcf04/images/c163fa33-bfb2-4e35-a74e-39c692bdf700.jpeg) ![7 Endangered Himalayan plants you should know for their medicinal values](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8d63952d-1ed6-4f89-b561-662b26dbcf04/images/b0665f9f-47fd-4443-adc2-32e272b0723f.jpeg) Himalayan Blue Poppy (Meconopsis aculeata)The whole plant, but especially the root, is considered to be poisonous, containing narcotic alkaloids. ![7 Endangered Himalayan plants you should know for their medicinal values](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8d63952d-1ed6-4f89-b561-662b26dbcf04/images/064aca8b-058b-481b-898c-26635bc4e72f.jpeg) Snow-Lotus (Saussurea laniceps)Saussurea laniceps is proven to be exceptionally effective for its anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive effects. ![7 Endangered Himalayan plants you should know for their medicinal values](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8d63952d-1ed6-4f89-b561-662b26dbcf04/images/c163fa33-bfb2-4e35-a74e-39c692bdf700.jpeg) Himalayan Yew (Taxus wallichiana) It’s a source of the chemical precursors to the anticancer drug paclitaxel. ![7 Endangered Himalayan plants you should know for their medicinal values](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8d63952d-1ed6-4f89-b561-662b26dbcf04/images/6ead6f3f-e870-4cdc-852e-4c42f36e0529.jpeg) Salam Panja (Dactylorhiza hatagirea)The juice-extract from tuber is used as tonic and in treatment of pyorrhoea. ![7 Endangered Himalayan plants you should know for their medicinal values](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8d63952d-1ed6-4f89-b561-662b26dbcf04/images/3d0fe1d4-2804-4a08-809f-c5a693d586e6.jpeg) Kutki (Picrorrhiza kurroa) Indian Ayurvedic medicine for the effective treatment of digestive problems. ![7 Endangered Himalayan plants you should know for their medicinal values](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8d63952d-1ed6-4f89-b561-662b26dbcf04/images/02bf6169-0fd0-4b46-9ce3-7ad52852d240.jpeg) Papra (Podophyllum hexandrum) The plant is used in treatment of sexually transmitted and genital diseases. ![7 Endangered Himalayan plants you should know for their medicinal values](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8d63952d-1ed6-4f89-b561-662b26dbcf04/images/3116188d-ef51-4c7e-ae41-4e9b7e560245.jpeg) Phen Kamal (Saussurea gossypiphora) The wool of this herb is applied to cuts, where it sticks compactly, seals the wound, and stops the bleeding.

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