Mao's heritage: Medicinal plant knowledge among the Bai in Shaxi, China, at a crossroads between distinct local and common widespread practice

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.03.014

	Mao's heritage: Medicinal plant knowledge among the Bai in Shaxi, China, at a crossroads between distinct local and common widespread practice
	Weckerle, Caroline S.1; Ineichen, Robert 1; Huber, Franz K.2; Yang, Yongping3
通讯作者	weckerle@systbot.uzh.ch
	2009-06-22
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
ISSN	0378-8741
卷号	123 期号:2 页码:213-228
摘要	Ethnopharmacological relevance: The study focuses on medicinal plant knowledge among the Bai in the Shaxi Valley, Northwest Yunnan, where no ethnobotanical study has been conducted so far. In an area of high biodiversity, distinct medicinal plant knowledge is documented and the influence of herbals on local knowledge is revealed. Aim of the study: To analyse current medicinal plant knowledge among the Bai in the context of the influence of the Han culture and mainstream Chinese herbal medicine. Materials and methods: During fieldwork in summer 2005, semistructured interviews were conducted with 68 stakeholders, and voucher specimens of all plants mentioned were prepared. Results:A total of 176 medicinal plant species were documented and 1133 use-reports have been collected. Overall, 91.5% of the documented plants are already established as known drugs, and are mentioned in books on medicinal plants in Yunnan and China. Furthermore, the way in which they are used largely coincides. Fourteen plant species represent novel recordings, 9 of which were independently mentioned by three or more informants. Conclusions: The medicinal plant knowledge of the Bai is strongly influenced by mainstream Chinese herbal medicine and especially by medicinal plant books from the 1970s, which were distributed under Mao Zedong's directive to improve rural health care. We conclude that these herbals have exerted, and continue to exert, a strong influence on the standardisation of plant knowledge among rural populations in China. However, distinct local use of plants also exists, indicating that plant knowledge specific to the Bai people is alive and practiced. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.; Ethnopharmacological relevance: The study focuses on medicinal plant knowledge among the Bai in the Shaxi Valley, Northwest Yunnan, where no ethnobotanical study has been conducted so far. In an area of high biodiversity, distinct medicinal plant knowledge is documented and the influence of herbals on local knowledge is revealed.
关键词	Bai Medicine Ethnobotany Medicinal Plants Southwest China Traditional Chinese Medicine Yunnan
学科领域	Plant Sciences ; Chemistry, Medicinal ; Integrative & Complementary Medicine ; Pharmacology & Pharmacy
DOI	10.1016/j.jep.2009.03.014
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000266511300004
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/2645
专题	中国科学院青藏高原研究所昆明部
作者单位	1.Univ Zurich, Inst Systemat Bot, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland 2.Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Inst Environm Decis, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming 650204, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Weckerle, Caroline S.,Ineichen, Robert,Huber, Franz K.,et al. Mao's heritage: Medicinal plant knowledge among the Bai in Shaxi, China, at a crossroads between distinct local and common widespread practice[J]. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY,2009,123(2):213-228.
APA	Weckerle, Caroline S.,Ineichen, Robert,Huber, Franz K.,&Yang, Yongping.(2009).Mao's heritage: Medicinal plant knowledge among the Bai in Shaxi, China, at a crossroads between distinct local and common widespread practice.JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY,123(2),213-228.
MLA	Weckerle, Caroline S.,et al."Mao's heritage: Medicinal plant knowledge among the Bai in Shaxi, China, at a crossroads between distinct local and common widespread practice".JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 123.2(2009):213-228.

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