Medicinal Plant Knowledge Among Lay People in Five Eastern Tibet Villages |
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Authors: | Anja Byg Jan Salick Wayne Law |
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Institution: | 1. Forest and Landscape Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Fredriksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark 2. Missouri Botanical Garden, PO Box?299, St Louis, MO, 63166, USA 3. New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Blvd., Bronx, NY, 10458-5126, USA
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Abstract: | Tibetans in five villages in the Mount Khawa Karpo area of the Menri (Meili Xueshan in Chinese) range, Northwest Yunnan, People’s Republic of China, were interviewed about their knowledge of a number of medicinal plants and their uses. There was large variation in people’s knowledge with significant differences among the villages and between men and women. Most of the reported knowledge focused on a small number of commercial plants and their uses. In comparison with Tibetan doctors, villagers generally knew fewer applications and focused on general health remedies. Many people collected medicinal plants for their own use as well as for sale, but also obtained medicinal plant remedies from markets and Tibetan doctors, and often used traditional Tibetan healthcare in conjunction with biomedical treatment. |
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