Comparative homegarden medical ethnobotany of Naxi healers and farmers in Northwestern Yunnan, China

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Lixin ^a,b   Ahmed, Selena ^a,c   Stepp, John R ^a,d   Mi, Kai ^a   Zhao, Yanqiang ^e   Ma, Junzeng ^f   Liang, Chen ^a   Pei, Shengji ^b   Huai, Huyin ^g   Xu, Gang ^b   Hamilton, Alan C ^h   Yang, Zhi wei ^b   Xue, Dayuan ^a  

^a MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^e Yunnan Forestry Technological College   (China)

^f SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicine; Healers; Homegardens; Medicinal plants; Naxi

Indexed keywords

APIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; POLYGONACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84892383015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-6     Document Type: Article

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