A survey of folk remedies for gastrointestinal tract diseases from Thailand's three southern border provinces

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-21

  Neamsuvan, Oratai ^a   Tuwaemaengae, Tuwaeyah ^a   Bensulong, Fatin ^a   Asae, Asma ^a   Mosamae, Kholeel ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Folk remedies; Gastrointestinal tract; Thailand's three southern border provinces

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MATERIA MEDICA;

ADULT; AGED; ALBIZIA; ALOE VERA; ALPINIA; APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTOCARPUS; BARK; BETEL NUT; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CAESALPINIA BONDUC; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CASEARIA; CASHEW NUT; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; COMBRETUM; CONSTIPATION; COWPEA; CURCUMA LONGA; CYANTHILLIUM CINEREUM; DENTAL CARIES; DIARRHEA; DIOSCOREACEAE; DIOSPYROS; DYSPEPSIA; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUAVA; HELIOTROPIUM; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; JATROPHA CURCAS; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELASTOMATACEAE; MIMUSOPS; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPAYA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POMEGRANATE; REVIEW; RICE; SARSAPARILLA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENNA ALATA; SOLANUM; SYZYGIUM; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; THAILAND; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERNONIA; VIGNA; WOOD; WRIGHTIA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

CAESALPINIA BONDUC; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; SENNA ALATA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 84867536763     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.07.043     Document Type: Article

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