Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China

doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00495-4

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	Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China
	Liu,Sizhao ; Zhang,Beixi ; Zhou,Jiangju ; Lei,Qiyi ; Fang,Qiong ; Kennelly,Edward J.; Long,Chunlin
	2021
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE
ISSN	1746-4269
卷号	17 期号:1 页码:67
摘要	Background Marketplaces reflect not only the commerce of an area, but also its culture. In Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture with Kaili as its capital, Guizhou Province, China, traditional medicine is thriving in both rural and urban areas. The local people rely extensively on plants for traditional medicines, and these are commonly sold in local specialized markets. The Kaili medicinal market is the biggest in the prefecture. However, ethnobotanical study on herbal plants traded in the traditional market in Kaili has not been performed. The aims of this study are: (1) to document medicinal plants traded in the Kaili traditional market and the associated traditional knowledge; and (2) to analyze the level of agreement among vendors in the purported uses of medicinal plants by using informant consensus (FIC) and the fidelity level (FL). Methods Market surveys were conducted in 2014-2019 to collect information about medicinal plants and associated traditional knowledge. Information including vernacular names, preparation methods, and plant uses was obtained by interviewing 116 vendors of herbal plants. Specimens of fresh and dried herbs, collected as vouchers, were identified by the authors and other botanists at the Minzu University of China, and deposited in the herbarium at Minzu University of China. The level of agreement among information provided by different vendors was assessed using the FIC, and the percentage of vendors claiming the use of a certain medicinal plant for the same indication was assessed with the FL. Results The Miao people comprise 53.4% of all informants in this study of medicinal plants. In total, 237 medicinal plant species traded in the Kaili traditional market were recorded. They belong to 219 genera and 107 families. These plants have been categorized into their purported treatments for 20 medical conditions. The inflammation category showed the highest FIC value of 0.95, showing the best agreement among market vendors claiming its usefulness to treat this condition. The FL index helped to identify 15 culturally important medicinal plant species based on the reported uses by 20 or more vendors in the market. Three medicinal plant species, Eleutherococcus gracilistylus, Sargentodoxa cuneata, and Stephania cepharantha, had an FL > 90%, being used to treat sprains/traumas, rheumatism, and heat/toxins. Conclusions The medicinal plants sold in the Kaili market are highly diverse and have unique medicinal characteristics. The Miao people often use traditional herbal plants for disease prevention and thereby prioritize the use of medicinal plants in everyday life. The future of this medicinal marketplace, however, is uncertain since few young people (< 30 years old) are vendors or customers. Therefore, it is urgent to conserve traditional ethnomedicinal culture in local communities and pass on the associated traditional knowledge to future generations in this prefecture. And the next step should include further studies on FL > 90% plants' chemistry, pharmacology, biological activity, and toxicity for potentially developing functional foods or pharmaceutical products.
关键词	Miao people Medicinal markets Kaili Miao medicinal plants Traditional knowledge WEEDS
DOI	10.1186/s13002-021-00495-4
WOS记录号	WOS:000723658600001
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/73443
专题	中国科学院昆明植物研究所
作者单位	1.Minzu Univ China, Key Lab Ecol & Environm Minor Areas, Natl Ethn Affairs Commiss, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China 2.Minzu Univ China, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China 3.Minzu Univ China, Minist Educ, Key Lab Ethnomed, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China 4.Kaili Univ, Sch Life & Hlth Sci, Kaili 556000, Guizhou, Peoples R China 5.Kennelly, Edward J.] CUNY, Lehman Coll, Bronx, NY 10468 USA 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu,Sizhao,Zhang,Beixi,Zhou,Jiangju,et al. Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China[J]. JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE,2021,17(1):67.
APA	Liu,Sizhao.,Zhang,Beixi.,Zhou,Jiangju.,Lei,Qiyi.,Fang,Qiong.,...&Long,Chunlin.(2021).Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China.JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE,17(1),67.
MLA	Liu,Sizhao,et al."Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China".JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE 17.1(2021):67.