Title |
Comparative homegarden medical ethnobotany of Naxi healers and farmers in Northwestern Yunnan, China
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Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-10-6 |
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Authors |
Lixin Yang, Selena Ahmed, John Richard Stepp, Kai Mi, Yanqiang Zhao, Junzeng Ma, Chen Liang, Shengji Pei, Huyin Huai, Gang Xu, Alan C Hamilton, Zhi-wei Yang, Dayuan Xue |
Abstract |
Homegardens are ecologically and culturally important systems for cultivating medicinal plants for wellbeing by healers and farmers in Naxi communities of the Sino Himalayan region. The cultivation of medicinal plants in Naxi communities and associated ethnomedical knowledge base for maintaining and utilizing these resources is at risk with expanded commercialization of natural resources, development policies and rapid socio-economic change in China. Research is needed to understand the medicinal plant species maintained in Naxi homegardens, their use and contribution to community wellbeing, and how these practices and knowledge base varies between Naxi healers and farmers in order to develop plans for biodiversity conservation and preservation of ethnomedical practices. The main objective of this study is to document and compare medicinal plant species in Naxi homegardens and associated ethnomedical knowledge between Naxi healers and farmers. |
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