Phytotherapy of polish migrants in Misiones, Argentina: Legacy and acquired plant species

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 810-830

  Kujawska, Monika ^a,b   Hilgert, Norma I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGÍA SUBTROPICAL   (Argentina)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Heritage plant species; Informant Diversity value; Medicinal plants; Optimal adaptation; Pharmacopoeia validation; Ways of preparation and administration

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; BRONCHITIS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; COMMUNITY; CONSENSUS; CONTUSION; COUGHING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FOOD CROP; GRAPE; GUAVA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAIZE; MALUS DOMESTICA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; POLAND; POMEGRANATE; POTATO; RATING SCALE; ROSEMARY; RURAL AREA; RUTA CHALEPENSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SIDA CORDIFOLIA; SIDA RHOMBIFOLIA; SIMPSON INDEX; SOLANUM; SOLANUM AMERICANUM; SOLANUM ATROPURPUREUM; SONCHUS OLERACEUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRYCHNOS; STRYCHNOS BRASILIENSIS; STYRACACEAE; STYRAX LEPROSUS; SUGARCANE; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA HEPTAPHYLLA; TABERNAEMONTANA; TABERNAEMONTANA CATHARINIENSIS; TAGETES MINUTA; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; TANACETUM VULGARE; TILIA; TILIA CORDATA; TRADESCANTIA; TRADESCANTIA PALLIDA; URTICA; URTICA CIRCULARIS; VERBENA LITORALIS; VERBENACEAE; VERNONIA; VERNONIA TWEEDIANA; ADULT; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; MALE; MIGRANT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNOBOTANY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLAND;

EID: 84899901866     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.03.044     Document Type: Article

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