The Jammu & Kashmir state of the Indian Union and the region of Ladakh in the Himalayas, form the northern most part of the country. This collection of over half a dozen of writings of the author provides rich scientific information about various folk medicines and traditional healing practices and systems of this region. Various alternative practices used in the region such as spiritual healing, healing through music, Shamanism, etc., have been discussed and also compared with their parallels as practised in other parts of the world. Included is a systematic and descriptive enumeration of the medicinal and aromatic plants of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh, besides a detailed analytical note on the traditional Himalayan medicine system.