Ethnomedicine in Himalaya: A case study from Dolpa, Humla, Jumla and Mustang districts of Nepal

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kunwar, Ripu M ^a   Nepal, Bal K ^a   Kshhetri, Hari B ^a   Rai, Sanjeev K ^a   Bussmann, Rainer W ^b  

^a Centre for Biological Conservation   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM; ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM WALLICHII; APIACEAE; ARACEAE; ARISAEMA; ASTERACEAE; BERBERIS; CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS; CORYDALIS; DACTYLORHIZA; GENTIANA; HIPPOPHAE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; JUNIPERUS; LAMIACEAE; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYGONACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; RHEUM AUSTRALE; RHEUM X HYBRIDUM; RHODODENDRON; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEPAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 34250895508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-2-27     Document Type: Article

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