Medicinal plants of the Mien (Yao) in Northern Thailand and their potential value in the primary healthcare of postpartum women

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-237

  Panyaphu, Kannika ^a   Van On, Tran ^b   Sirisa Ard, Panee ^a   Srisa Nga, Pratchaya ^c   Chansakaow, Sunee ^a   Nathakarnkitkul, Surapol ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Viet Nam)

^c Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Medicinal plants; Postpartum women; The Mien (Yao); The primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

ACORUS GRAMINEUS EXTRACT; AGERANTINA ADENOPHORA EXTRACT; AGLAONEMA SIMPLEX EXTRACT; ALOCASIA CUCULLATA EXTRACT; ALSTONIA EXTRACT; ALTERNANTHERA DENTOFOR EXTRACT; ANREDERA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; BASELLA ALBA EXTRACT; BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA EXTRACT; CHROMOLAENA ODORATUM EXTRACT; CRINUM ASIATICUM EXTRACT; DICHROCEPHALA INTEGRIFOLIA EXTRACT; DRACAENA ELLIPTICA EXTRACT; ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER EXTRACT; EUPATORIUM ADENOPHORUM EXTRACT; FISSISTIGMA OBLONGUM EXTRACT; GALINSOGA PARVIFLORA EXTRACT; GYNURA DIVARICATA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOMALOMENA OCCULTA EXTRACT; MACROPANAX DISPERMUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POTHOS CHINENSIS EXTRACT; POTHOS SCANDENS EXTRACT; RHAPHIDOPHORA DECURSIVA EXTRACT; RHINACANTHUS NARSUTUS EXTRACT; SANSEVIERIA TRIFASCIATA EXTRACT; SCHEFFLERA BENGALENSIS EXTRACT; STROBILANTHES CUSIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANEMIA; ANREDERA CORDIFOLIA; ARTHRALGIA; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE; BARK; BASELLA ALBA; BATH; BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA; BONE PAIN; CHROMOLAENA ODORATUM; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DIARRHEA; EPISTAXIS; FEVER; FOREST; FRACTURE; FRUIT; GOUANIA LEPTOSTACHYA; HABITAT; HERB; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA; INSECT BITE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PEPTIC ULCER; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; POIKILOSPERMUM SUAVEOLENS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRURITUS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RHIZOME; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SCHEFFLERA BENGALENSIS; THAILAND;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

ANREDERA CORDIFOLIA; BASELLA ALBA; BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA; CHROMOLAENA; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; GOUANIA; POIKILOSPERMUM; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SCHEFFLERA; SCHEFFLERA BENGALENSIS;

EID: 79955677478     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.03.050     Document Type: Review

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