tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Medicinal plants used for traditional veterinary in the Sierras de Córdoba (Argentina): An ethnobotanical comparison with human medicinal uses"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí yhọc Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Medicinal plants used for traditional veterinary in the Sierras de Córdoba (Argentina): An ethnobotanical comparison with human medicinal uses. | JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE Medicinal plants used for traditional veterinary in the Sierras de Córdoba Argentina An ethnobotanical comparison with human medicinal uses Martinez and Lujan BioMed Central Martínez and Luján Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2011 7 23 http content 7 1 23 4 August 2011 Martinez and Lujan Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2011 7 23 http content 7 1 23 Tg- JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY 5R And ethnomedicine RESEARCH Open Access Medicinal plants used for traditional veterinary in the Sierras de Córdoba Argentina An ethnobotanical comparison with human medicinal uses Gustavo J Martinez1 and María C Lujan2 Abstract Background This is a first description of the main ethnoveterinary features of the peasants in the Sierras de Córdoba. The aim of this study was to analyze the use of medicinal plants and other traditional therapeutic practices for healing domestic animals and cattle. Our particular goals were to characterize veterinary ethnobotanical knowledge considering age gender and role of the specialists interpret the cultural features of the traditional local veterinary medicine and plant uses associated to it compare the plants used in traditional veterinary medicine with those used in human medicine in the same region. Methods Fieldwork was carried out as part of an ethnobotanic regional study where 64 informants were interviewed regarding medicinal plants used in veterinary medicine throughout 2001-2010. Based participant observation and open and semi-structured interviews we obtained information on the traditional practices of diagnosis and healing focusing on the veterinary uses given to plants part of the plant used method of preparation and administration . Plants speciemens were collected with the informants and their vernacular and scientific names were registered in a database. Non-parametric statistic was used to evaluate differences in medicinal plant knowledge use