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Ethnomedicinal plants used for digestive system disorders by the Karen of northern Thailand

This study aimed at documenting the plants used to cure and prevent different types of digestive system disorders by Karen people of Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. Ethnomedicinal data were collected from six key informants and 172 non-specialist informants regarding their traditional knowledge of medicinal plants. Quantitative approaches were used to determine Use Value (UV), Informant Consensus Factor (ICF) and Fidelity Level (FL) values. The study revealed that 36 medicinal plant species were used to treat digestive system disorders. The most prevalent plant families were Zingiberaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Fabaceae. Leaves were the most commonly used plant part, followed by the bark. About 60% of the administrations were given orally by potion and consumption as food was also indicated (14%).

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Chalobol Wongsawad cwongsawad@gmail.com

ရေးသားသူ (တစ်ဦးချင်း) Tangjitman, Kornkanok
ပူးတွဲရေးသားသူ (တစ်ဦးချင်းစီ) Wongsawad, Chalobol; Kamwong, Kaweesin; Sukkho, Treetip; Trisonthi, Chusie
ထုတ်ဝေသူ Biomed Central
ထုတ်ဝေသည့်ရက်စွဲ 2015
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, Volume 11, Number 27

တင်ခဲ့သည့်ရက်စွဲ ဇွန် 2, 2015, 07:24 (UTC)
ပြန်လည်ပြင်ဆင်သည့်ရက်စွဲ ဇန်နဝါရီ 7, 2016, 22:46 (UTC)