Karen and Lawa medicinal plant use: Uniformity or ethnic divergence?

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 517-527

  Junsongduang, Auemporn ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^b   Inta, Angkhana ^a   Jampeetong, Arunothai ^a   Wangpakapattanawong, Prasit ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Cultural importance index; Ethnobotany; Fidelity level; Northern Thailand

Indexed keywords

CHEILOCOSTUS SPECIOSUS EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAMBUCUS JAVANICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOATING; CHEILOCOSTUS SPECIOSUS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIARRHEA; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EDEMA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FACCARD INDEX; FEVER; FRACTURE; HABITAT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS JAVANICA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THAILAND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WATERSHED; WOUND;

ANIMALIA; COSTUS SPECIOSUS; SAMBUCUS JAVANICA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CULTURAL IMPORTANCE INDEX; ETHNOBOTANY; FIDELITY LEVEL; NORTHERN THAILAND;

CULTURE; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION GROUPS; THAILAND;

EID: 84891487747     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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