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Innovative development path of ethnomedicines: an overview of ethnomedicines in China

Frontiers of Medicine, 2016
In the long history of disease prevention and treatment, ancestral populations worldwide have gained knowledge and experiences in traditional medicines. For instance, ethnomedicines of Chinese ethnic minorities constitute an important part of traditional medicines. In our study, we firstly clarified the concept of ethnomedicines and the connotations of
Zhaoyun, Zhu, Ting, Wang, Dehuan, Fu, Yali, Gui, Jingkun, Wang, Tao, Cui   +5 more
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Ethnomedicinal plant diversity in Thailand

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2018
Plants have provided medicine to humans for thousands of years, and in most parts of the world people still use traditional plant-derived medicine. Knowledge related to traditional use provides an important alternative to unavailable or expensive western medicine in many rural communities.
Phumthum, Methee, Srithi, Kamonnate, Inta, Angkhana, Junsongduang, Auemporn, Tangjitman, Kornkanok, Pongamornkul, Wittaya, Trisonthi, Chusie, Balslev, Henrik   +7 more
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TRAMIL ethnomedicinal survey in Jamaica

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2015
A survey was undertaken in Jamaica to document medicinal plants frequently used in the treatment or prophylaxis of illness and trends in their use, following the methodology established by the TRAMIL network. TRAMIL, a Caribbean-wide applied research programme, scientifically evaluates and documents the efficacy and safety of medicinal plant remedies ...
Picking, David, Delgoda, Rupika, Younger, Novie, Germosén-Robineau, Lionel, Boulogne, Isabelle, Mitchell, Sylvia   +5 more
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FERN Ethnomedicinal Plant Database: Exploring fern ethnomedicinal plants knowledge for computational drug discovery

Current Computer Aided-Drug Design, 2015
Fern plants are known for their ethnomedicinal applications. Huge amount of fern medicinal plants information is scattered in the form of text. Hence, database development would be an appropriate endeavor to cope with the situation. So by looking at the importance of medicinally useful fern plants, we developed a web based database which contains ...
Sambhaji B, Thakar, Pradnya N, Ghorpade, Manisha V, Kale, Kailas D, Sonawane   +3 more
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Ethnobotany and Ethnomedicine

2014
Chapter 2 provides comprehensive introduction of ethnobotany and ethnomedicines. The first part of this chapter includes information related to historical prospective of ethnobotany, aims of ethnobotanical investigation, its significance and future potential.
Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Munir Hussain Shah, Mir Ajab Khan   +2 more
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Ethnomedicine in Tonga

Economic Botany, 1971
Local medical practices in this Pacific archipelago are reviewed, the folk taxonomy and medicinal uses of 71 plants are discussed, and the medicinal applications of each species in some other regions of the Pacific are enumerated. Included are the plant parts used, Tongan names, the illnesses, and the preparations of the remedies.
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Ethnomedicine for Drug Discovery

2020
We human beings are blessed by mother Earth for her enormous wealth of medicinal plants and their remedies against various diseases. The discovery of drugs flows along the history of ethnic groups around the world. Our ancestor was using various types of ethnic medicines to cure multiple diseases, and this practice was further inherited in today’s ...
Yengkhom Disco Singh, Manasa Kumar Panda, Kunja Bihari Satapathy   +2 more
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Ethnomedicinal Facts and Practice

2020
Ethnomedicine is the interaction between human beings and medicine which is an ancient aspect of practice to treat the ailments. Initially it was based on hit and trial methods, but the technological advancements opened the many ways to be more specific for the practice and outcome.
M. Ali, Khalid Rehman Hakeem
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Satureja: Ethnopharmacology and Ethnomedicine

2015
In the Persian traditional books (written in Persian or Arabian languages), some beneficial effects are mentioned for internal application of savory including appetizer, antitussive, strengthen of eye, anti-vomiting agent, reducing tooth ache and externally for relieving rheumatism pain and inflammation.
Soodabeh Saeidnia, Ahmad Reza Gohari, Azadeh Manayi, Mahdieh Kourepaz-Mahmoodabadi   +3 more
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Morinda lucida Benth (Rubiaceae): A review of its ethnomedicine, phytochemistry and pharmacology

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2021
Joseph O Adebayo
exaly