Where does the border lie: Locally grown plants used for making tea for recreation and/or healing, 1970s-1990s Estonia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 162-174

  Sõukand, Renata ^a   Kalle, Raivo ^a,b  

^a Estonian Literary Museum   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Folk nutraceuticals; Food culture; Herbal landscape; Medicinal tea; Recreational tea

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CARAWAY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CROP; FRAGARIA; HEALING; HERBAL TEA; HUMAN; HYPERICUM; LAMIACEAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATRICARIA; MENTHA; PRIMULACEAE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASPBERRY; RECREATION; ROSACEAE; ROSE; TEA; THYMUS; URTICA DIOICA; VASCULAR PLANT;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ASTERACEAE; CARUM CARVI; FRAGARIA; HYPERICUM; MATRICARIA; MENTHA; PRIMULA VERIS; ROSACEAE; RUBUS IDAEUS; THYMUS SERPYLLUM; TILIA; TRACHEOPHYTA; URTICA DIOICA;

FOLK NUTRACEUTICALS; FOOD CULTURE; HERBAL LANDSCAPE; MEDICINAL TEA; RECREATIONAL TEA;

ANGIOSPERMS; BEVERAGES; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84885429074     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.08.031     Document Type: Article

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