Medicinal plants used in Hmong women's healthcare in northern Thailand

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-135

  Srithi, Kamonnate ^a   Trisonthi, Chusie ^a   Wangpakapattanawong, Prasit ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cultural importance; Ethnobotany; Gynecology; Medicinal plants; Obstetrics; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES LONGIFOLIA; AGE; AGRIMONIA NEPALENSIS; APIALES; ARTEMISIA LACTIFLORA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ARTICLE; BOEHMERIA NIVEA; BUDDLEJA ASIATICA; CAREX BACCANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRASSULACEAE; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMPATIENS BALSAMIN; IMPATIENS BALSAMINA; INTERVIEW; IRESINE HERBSTII; KNOWLEDGE; LEONURUS ARTEMISIA; LYSIMACHIA CHRISTINAE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM; MIRABILIS JALAPA; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI; PLANT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TEUCRIUM VISCIDUM; THAILAND; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555168232     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.10.028     Document Type: Article

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