Oral traditional knowledge for the treatment of digestive system diseases investigated in north jeolla province, Korea

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5730-5740

  Kim, Hyun ^a   Song, Mi Jang ^a  

^a Jeonju University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Digestive system diseases; Fidelity level; Informant consensus factor; Korea; Oral traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACONITUM CILIARE; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALLIUM MICRODICTYON; ANOREXIA; ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIS; ARTEMISIA PRINCEPS; ARTICLE; ATRACTYLODES OVATA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRANTHEMA ZAWADSKII; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANGOVER; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMORRHOID; HOVENIA DULCIS; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; JAUNDICE; KOREA; LEONURUS JAPONICUS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUNG BEAN; PARASITOSIS; PLANTAGO ASIATICA; PUERARIA LOBATA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMATITIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 82055169260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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