Ethnobotanical surveys reveal the crucial role of medicinal plants in the primary healthcare system of the Shan people in Myanmar

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2024.117875

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	Ethnobotanical surveys reveal the crucial role of medicinal plants in the primary healthcare system of the Shan people in Myanmar
	Mon, Aye Mya; Hein, Pyae Phyo; Zaw, Moe; Kyaw, Myo Thiha; Yang, Yongping; Yang, Xuefei; Shi, Yinxian
	2024
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
ISSN	0378-8741
卷号	327 页码:117875
摘要	Ethnopharmacological relevance: The Shan people of Myanmar live under conditions of longtime social instability and public medical resources inadequate, which tend to strengthen the reliance on local traditional primary healthcare system. The documentation of this kind of resource, however, was rarely and inadequate to support any kind of dynamic trend evaluation. Being an ethnobotanical study, we conducted field survey in the Southern Shan State of Myanmar and aimed to 1) document the local plant species that adopted for primary healthcare purpose, 2) clarify how these species collectively address the broad range of primary medication needs for local people, and 3) lay foundation for dynamic trend evaluation of the role of local medicinal plants under this kind of social and cultural context. Material and methods: Field surveys were conducted with 124 informants in eight villages. We collected 1259 use reports and documented all the plant species used for treating all the mentioned ailment types. The ailments were translated into their emic meaning and then classified into common disease categories. The top ranked and newly recorded plants or ailment types were analyzed based on historical records from the region. Results: Totally 156 plant species were used for treating 91 ailments belonging to 16 disease categories, with skin problems and digestive tract were the top cited diseases, and with Fabaceae and Lamiaceae were the top cited plant families. A total of 19 newly recorded plant species were suggested as new member of Myanmar medicinal plant list. Besides, we filled the gaps (for 24 species) and enriched the types (for 83 species) of applicable ailments for known Myanmar medicinal plants. Conclusion: Our study revealed that the Shan people in Southern Shan State used rich plant species for various therapeutic purposes. Our findings indicate the crucial role of local plant resources for local people's primary healthcare needs and support further study about cultural or regional comparation or historical dynamic trend of the medicinal plants uses in areas facing longtime official or public medical resource inadequate.
DOI	10.1016/j.jep.2024.117875
WOS记录号	WOS:001220694100001
引用统计	被引频次：4[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/76304
专题	中国科学院昆明植物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mon, Aye Mya,Hein, Pyae Phyo,Zaw, Moe,et al. Ethnobotanical surveys reveal the crucial role of medicinal plants in the primary healthcare system of the Shan people in Myanmar[J]. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY,2024,327:117875.
APA	Mon, Aye Mya.,Hein, Pyae Phyo.,Zaw, Moe.,Kyaw, Myo Thiha.,Yang, Yongping.,...&Shi, Yinxian.(2024).Ethnobotanical surveys reveal the crucial role of medicinal plants in the primary healthcare system of the Shan people in Myanmar.JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY,327,117875.
MLA	Mon, Aye Mya,et al."Ethnobotanical surveys reveal the crucial role of medicinal plants in the primary healthcare system of the Shan people in Myanmar".JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 327(2024):117875.

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