Incense and ritual plant use in Southwest China: A case study among the Bai in Shaxi

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Staub, Peter O ^a   Geck, Matthias S ^a   Weckerle, Caroline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Incense; Plant derived smoke; Ritual plants; Traditional medicine; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS FUNEBRIS; GAULTHERIA; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM SEMPERVIRENS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CUPRESSUS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; GAULTHERIA; HUMAN; LIGUSTRUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; PLANT; RELIGION; SMOKE; SYMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CULTURE; CUPRESSUS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; GAULTHERIA; HUMANS; LIGUSTRUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS; RELIGION; SMELL; SMOKE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 83255164911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-43     Document Type: Article

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