tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Ethnobotany of the Monpa ethnic group at Arunachal Pradesh, India."

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: Ethnobotany of the Monpa ethnic group at Arunachal Pradesh, India. | JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE Ethnobotany of the Monpa ethnic group at Arunachal Pradesh India Namsa et al. BioMed Central Namsa et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2011 7 31 http content 7 1 31 14 October 2011 Namsa et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2011 7 31 http content 7 1 31 Tg- JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY 5R And ethnomedicine RESEARCH Open Access Ethnobotany of the Monpa ethnic group at Arunachal Pradesh India Nima D Namsa1 2 Manabendra Mandal1 Sumpam Tangjang3 and Subhash C Mandal4 Abstract Background The present paper documents the uses of plants in traditional herbal medicine for human and veterinary ailments and those used for dietary supplements religious purpose local beverage and plants used to poison fish and wild animals. Traditional botanical medicine is the primary mode of healthcare for most of the rural population in Arunachal Pradesh. Materials and methods Field research was conducted between April 2006 and March 2009 with randomly selected 124 key informants using semi-structured questionnaire. The data obtained was analyzed through informant consensus factor FIC to determine the homogeneity of informant s knowledge on medicinal plants. Results We documented 50 plants species belonging to 29 families used for treating 22 human and 4 veterinary ailments. Of the medicinal plants reported the most common growth form was herbs 40 followed by shrubs trees and climbers. Leaves were most frequently used plant parts. The consensus analysis revealed that the dermatological ailments have the highest FIC and the gastro-intestinal diseases have FIC . FIC values indicated that there was high agreement in the use of plants in dermatological and gastro-intestinal ailments category among the users. Gymnocladus assamicus is a critically rare and endangered species used as disinfectant for cleaning wounds and parasites like leeches and lice on livestocks. Two plant species .