Browsing 2009 - Volume 7 : Ethnobotany Research and Applications by Subject "traditional medicine"

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Becoming a Traditional Medicinal Plant Healer: Divergent Views of Practicing and Young Healers on Traditional Medicinal Plant Knowledge Skills in India

Shukla, Shailesh; Sinclair, A John (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2009)

Traditional medicinal plant knowledge (TMK) helps meet the health needs of a large section of the world’s population, especially socially and economically disadvantaged and aboriginal communities of developing countries ...
Indigenous Use and Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants in Far-west Nepal

Kunwar, Ripu M; Uprety, Y; Burlakoti, C; Chowdhary, CL; Bussmann, RW (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2009)

Ethnopharmacological knowledge is common and import among tribal populations but much of the information is empirical at best lacking scientific validation. Despite widespread use of plant resources in traditional medicines, ...