The art of herbal healing has a very deep root in Indian culture and folklore. In rural areas, people depend on local traditional healing systems for their primary health care. According to WHO estimates about 80% of the population in developing countries rely on traditional medicines. Many rural people use herbal plants as a remedy for various diseases. Few plants or their fighter chemical constituents have been proven to have medicinal effects and have been approved by many regulatory agencies. Medicinal plants are nature's gift to human beings to promote a disease free healthy life. India has about 8% of the world's bio diversity on 2% of the earth's surface area making it one of the 12 mega diverse countries of the world. Medicinal plant as a group comprise approximately eight thousand species and account for around 50% of the higher flowery plant species of India. Most of the medicines are prepared and consumed locally using available plants and is estimated that nearly four thousand six hundred communities are using more than 7500 species of plants for humans and veterinary health care in India. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDCAM 1080i High Definition, Alexa and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube www.youtube.com/wildfilmsindia for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience. Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com To SUBSCRIBE click the below link: www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WildFilmsIndia Like & Follow Us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/WildernessFilmsIndiaLimited Website: www.wildfilmsindia.com
