Yanung Jamoh Lego

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Yanung Jamoh Lego (born 9 July 1963) is a herbalist from Arunachal Pradesh, India. She is known for her work providing herbal medicine, which is commonly regarded as pseudoscience, to over 10,000 people with conditions such as diabetes, cancer, and hypertension, and for her role in reviving the traditional folk healing methods of the Adi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh. In 2024, the Indian government awarded her the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian award, for her contributions to agricultural and herbal medicine. In April 2024, President Droupadi Murmu gave the honour during a civil investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

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