Our story · The founder
Dr. Arun Kumar Badoniand the making of MAKS Herbal.
Dr. Arun Kumar Badoni is an ethnobotanist and Himalayan herbal researcher based in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. MAKS Herbal is the work of his lifetime — and of his family — brought together into formulations.
Four decades in the field
Knowledge that was lived before it became a system.
For more than forty years, Dr. Badoni has worked in applied and participatory research across the Himalaya — identifying medicinal plants where they grow, recording how mountain communities have traditionally used them, and working to conserve rare and endangered species.
This was never laboratory-bound science. It was knowledge built through field observation, farmer-led cultivation, community training and continuous refinement — work that has been acknowledged by institutions including CIMAP, Jawaharlal Nehru University and HNB Garhwal University.
MAKS Herbal grew out of that foundation. Herbs are cultivated by vrikshayurveda methods at the family's plots in the Har ki Doon valley near Kedarkantha, formulations are prepared at Sherwala Top in Uttarkashi, and the work is guided from Dehradun. Each formulation follows one principle: a purposeful Himalayan herb, paired with seabuckthorn.
“Healing is not a product. It is a restoration of nature within you.”
From the archive
A record of the work.
The journey
From the meadow to the formulation.
- 01
Fieldwork
Decades walking Himalayan slopes and valleys — identifying medicinal plants in their habitats with local communities.
- 02
Conservation
Documenting endangered Himalayan flora and working for its conservation, as recorded in newspapers and institutional records.
- 03
Cultivation
Farmer-led, vrikshayurveda cultivation of medicinal plants, including at the family's plots in the Har ki Doon valley.
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Formulation
MAKS Herbal — each formulation pairs a purposeful Himalayan herb with seabuckthorn. Payodhi has been shared since 2015.
Office
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