Ethnoveterinary plant remedies used by Nu people in NW Yunnan of China

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shen, Shicai ^a   Qian, Jie ^b   Ren, Jian ^c  

^a Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUPLEURUM; COSTUS; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO DEPRESSA; POLYGONUM; RUBUS CORCHORIFOLIUS; SAUSSUREA; SENECIO; SENECIO SCANDENS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT STRUCTURES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 77955948290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-6-24     Document Type: Article

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