The present study reports uses of ethno-medicinal in the northern and central regions of Kashmir Himalayas. Surveys were conducted at Sonamarg (Sindh forest division) and Gulmarg (Special Forest Division Tangmarg) for documentation of traditional knowledge and practices (mode of administration and uses) of medicinal plants. Twenty one (21) medicinal plant species representing 14 families and belonging to dominant families like Asteraceae and Polygonaceae (3 spp.) and Lamiaceae, Violaceae and Ranunculaceae (2 spp.) were recorded to be used under traditional health care system. The study was designed to gather indigenous knowledge about the medicinal herbs by interviewing the professional herbalists (Hakeems), occasional practitioners and experienced established prescribers, and the people living near or inside forests. The traditional knowledge and practices of medicinal plants among rural communities of north and central Kashmir against are used to cure different diseases. However, the unabated extraction from forests has threatened these plants. The dissemination of technical know-how to cultivate these medicinal herbs could go a long way in sustaining the production and peoples’ livelihood besides saving these plants from extinction.