An assessment of the Bhutanese traditional medicine for its ethnopharmacology, ethnobotany and ethnoquality: Textual understanding and the current practices

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 305-310

  Wangchuk, Phurpa ^a,b   Pyne, Stephen G ^a   Keller, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

Bhutanese traditional medicine; Ethnobotany; Ethnopharmacology; Ethnoquality; Medicinal plant

Indexed keywords

MATERIA MEDICA;

ARTICLE; BHUTAN; BHUTANESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; ETHNOQUALITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HYDROTHERAPY; LANGUAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TIBETAN MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BHUTAN; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84878320402     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.04.030     Document Type: Article

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