We also involved in the protection and development of local traditional health medicine through  the use of indigenous medicinal plants. To ensure that the knowledge, skills and plants are not lost, a number of activities within local communities are undertaken. They include:

• Setting up of indigenous plant health dispensaries and household Kitchen Herbal Gardens 
• Facilitating Traditional Healers to pass on their knowledge to others through meetings and visits to remnant forest areas
• Training women's groups, school children, teachers, youth clubs, other NGOs and government departments in many aspects of eco restoration work - with an emphasis on the Revitalising of Local Health Traditions
• Workshops on the preparation of herbal remedies to cure common ailments using plant material from the Pitchandikulam nurseries and gardens; and exposure visits to the established medicinal gardens

We help the local communities to develop their infrastructure and knowledge of the region. Collaborating with village leaders, healers, Self Help Groups, youth groups, other NGOs, government departments and students, Pitchandikulam is essentially focused on environmental issues which impact local populations.