The vanishing pharmacy: How climate change is reshaping traditional medicine

Mongabay
Dec 15, 2025, 12:39 am116 ptsTrending
Gyatso Bista remembers the sacks of kutki. As a child learning to become a healer in Nepal’s kingdom of Lo Manthang, Bista would watch as heaps of the bitter-tasting herb, prized for treating fever, coughs and liver problems, arrived on horseback from the surrounding mountains. Bista is one of the few…

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