TABLE 1.

Traditional uses of Skimmia anquetilia.

Place	Part used	Mode of use	Traditional use	References
NA	Dried leaves	Smoke	To purify air	Chopra et al., 1956
Some tribal hilly areas of Himalaya	Fresh leaves	NA	Used in curries and as flavoring agent	Anon, 1966
NA	Dried leaves	Powder	Used as pesticide, insecticide	Bhattarai, 1992
NA	Fresh leaves	Infusion	Treatment of fever, freshness, headache, smallpox	Bhattarai, 1992
Nepal	Dried leaves and flowers	Smoke	Burned leaves and flowers are used for air purification and keep off evil spirits in the intention of accelerating the patient’s healing.	Bhattarai, 1992
Tons valley of Gaharwal Himalaya	Leaves	NA	Energy rich alcoholic drink known as “Soor” is prepared	Rana et al., 2004
Far-Western Nepal	Leaves	Infusion	Used for freshness and to treat headache	Kunwar et al., 2010
NA	Bark	Powder	To heal burns and wounds	Negi et al., 2011; Singh and Rawat, 2011
Rawain valley of Utarkashi, Uttarakhand	Leaves	Paste	A mixture of fresh leave and turmeric is used to treat rheumatism and inflammation	Negi et al., 2011; Singh and Rawat, 2011
NA	Root	Paste	Used to treat scorpion, snake bites	Gondwal et al., 2012b
Pir-Panjal Range of Himalayas	Whole plant	NA	Paralysis, pneumonia, lung cancer, anesthesia	Wani et al., 2016

NA, not available.