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| Title |
Ethnobotanical study on herbal tea drinks in Guangxi, China
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| Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, March 2023
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13002-023-00579-3 |
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| Authors |
Tingyu Long, Renchuan Hu, Zhuo Cheng, Chuangui Xu, Qimin Hu, Qingling Liu, Ronghui Gu, Yunfeng Huang, Chunlin Long |
| Abstract |
Herbal tea drinks, different from classical Camellia beverages, are a wide variety of herbal drinks consumed for therapeutic purposes or health promotion. Herbal tea is widely consumed in Guangxi. However, the documentation on the plants for herbal tea and their related health benefits is still limited. An ethnobotanical survey was conducted in 52 villages and 21 traditional markets in Guangxi from 2016 to 2021. Semi-structured interviews, key informant interviews, and structured questionnaires were applied to obtain ethnobotanical information of herbal tea, in which 463 informants had participated. Relative frequency of citation (RFC) and cultural food significance index (CFSI) were used to evaluate the most culturally significant herbal tea plants, and informant consensus factor (ICF) was applied to assess the agreement among informants. This study recorded 155 herbal tea species belonging to 49 families. The most commonly used parts included leaf (27.61%), whole plant (22.09%), branch and leaf (19.02%), and flower (13.50%). The most frequent preparation method of herbal tea was decoction. Herbal tea was very popular in Guangxi, attributing to its therapeutic value, special odor, and good taste. There are 41 health benefits classified into eight categories. Among them, clearing heat was the most medicinal effects. Local people had high consistency in tonic, removing cold and cough, improving blood circulation, and clearing heat away. Based on CFSI values of each species, the most culturally significant herbal tea species were Siraitia grosvenorii (Swingle) C. Jeffrey ex A. M. Lu & Zhi Y. Zhang, Plantago asiatica L., Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino, Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Pholidota chinensis Lindl., and Morus alba L. Herbal tea is a valuable heritage that carries the local people's traditional knowledge, like health care and religious belief. The recorded herbal tea species in this study possess tremendous potential for local economic development in the future. Further research on efficacy evaluation and product development of herbal tea species is necessary. |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 37 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Lecturer | 5 | 14% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 5% |
| Librarian | 1 | 3% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 21 | 57% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Unspecified | 4 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 8% |
| Engineering | 2 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 20 | 54% |
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