Ethnomedical knowledge of plants and healthcare practices among the Kalanguya tribe in Tinoc, Ifugao, Luzon, Philippines

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-238

  Balangcod, Teodora D ^a   Balangcod, Ashlyn Kim D ^a  

^a University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Graduate School   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicine; Kalanguya; Medicinal plants; Philippines; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955495284     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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