Healing Traditions of Southern India and the Conservation of Culture and Biodiversity: A Preliminary Study

Pesek, Todd

doi:10.17348/era.6.0.471-479

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“…We must effectively learn from traditional knowledge (Pesek et al 2006b). This practice brings a number of practical implications including community health and wellness and the conservation of biodiversity and culture (Arnason et al 2004;Pesek et al 2006aPesek et al , 2007Pesek et al , 2008Pesek et al , 2009). This study is a step toward proposing constructive collaboration between scientific and traditional knowledge in identifying regions where medicinal plants are likely to be concentrated.…”

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Q’eqchi’ Maya healers’ traditional knowledge in prioritizing conservation of medicinal plants: culturally relative conservation in sustaining traditional holistic health promotion

Pesek

Abramiuk

Fini³

et al. 2009

Biodivers Conserv

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This ethnobotanical study in the spirit of transdisciplinarity, and in collaboration with Q'eqchi' Maya traditional healers, compares traditional Q'eqchi' Maya ecosystem constructs or environmental zones with scientific ecosystems. To determine which categorization method better accommodates Q'eqchi' Maya medicinal plant diversity, we analized 26 transects representing 160 medicinal plant occurrences. Our transect array encompasses a representative sampling of Q'eqchi' Maya medicinal plant repertoire with use values broadly distributed over 17 usage categories. With a cumulative frequency of 2,235 medicinal plants through ecological zones, we conducted one-way ANOVA on the mean number of medicinal plant species identified in transects of the two conceptual schemes being contested. Our analysis reveals the Q'eqchi Maya environmental zones are the most salient. That is, knowledge of the Q'eqchi' Maya environmental zones improves one's ability to predict whether there will be a high or low abundance of Q'eqchi' Maya medicinal plant species in a particular region, whereas knowledge of scientific ecosystems does not accomplish this feat as well. This is a notable finding as it suggests that if indeed Q'eqchi' Maya medicinal plant diversity is better accounted for by the zones as envisioned by the Q'eqchi' Maya, then it should be this mode of conceptualization that should be adopted by scientists and conservationists when trying to locate and protect regional Q'eqchi' Maya medicinal plant diversity. These efforts serve as a model internationally in the conservation of medicinal plant biodiversity supportive of culturally relative holistic health promotion.

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Q’eqchi’ Maya healers’ traditional knowledge in prioritizing conservation of medicinal plants: culturally relative conservation in sustaining traditional holistic health promotion

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“…Usaha menggali pengetahuan tradisional lama yang tersimpan di naskah-naskah kuno pun sudah dilakukan. Sistem pengobatan Ayurveda pada masyarakat India mulai kembali dikaji dan dipelajari (Pesek et al, 2008;Kolhe et al, 2021;Sharma et al, 2022). Tujuannya, untuk mengatasi masalah-masalah kesehatan masyarakat modern yang sebelumnya telah "menghancurkan" pengetahuan tradisional masyarakat-masyarakat adat.…”

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“…Demikian juga yang dilakukan oleh Sharma et al (2002) yang berusaha mengatasi penyakit alzheimer melalui terapi-terapi herbal yang biasa dilakukan dalam sistem pengobatan tradisional India. Tidak hanya terkait dengan pengobatan, naskah-naskah kuno juga membahas mengenai pengelolaan ekosistem secara lestari yang bisa menjadi rujukan atau panduan dalam mengelola kawasan konservasi (Pesek et al, 2008). Naskah-naskah tersebut dapat menjadi panduan bagi generasi sekarang untuk berbagai keperluan, tentu melalui penyesuaian agar dapat diterapkan di kondisi sekarang.…”

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Khazanah Pernaskahan Nusantara: Rekam Jejak dan Perkembangan Kontemporer

Sumarno,

Mumfangati,

Nurwanti

et al. 2023

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Khazanah pernaskahan Nusantara adalah harta karun intelektual yang mencatat warisan budaya dan sejarah masyarakat Nusantara. Naskah-naskah Nusantara yang berupa manuskrip atau naskah kuno tersebut mengandung kekayaan informasi yang melimpah, mencakup berbagai aspek kehidupan, mulai dari sastra, agama, hingga ilmu pengetahuan yang menjadi saksi bisu sejarah dan budaya masyarakat Nusantara. Isinya tidak terbatas pada kesusastraan belaka, melainkan juga berbagai bidang lain seperti agama, sejarah, hukum, adat, obat-obatan, teknik, dan lain-lain. Kajian pernaskahan di Nusantara telah dilakukan selama berabad-abad. Para ahli, peneliti, dan cendekiawan telah lama tertarik untuk menyelidiki, menerjemahkan, dan menganalisis naskah-naskah kuno yang mencerminkan kekayaan budaya dan intelektual di wilayah Nusantara. Penelitian-penelitian ini melibatkan kajian kebahasaan, kesejarahan, dan kebudayaan untuk memahami konteks dan makna naskah. Dengan berjalannya waktu, kajian pernaskahan di Nusantara terus berkembang dan tetap relevan. Hal ini mencerminkan komitmen yang kuat terhadap pelestarian dan pemahaman yang lebih mendalam terhadap warisan intelektual di wilayah ini.

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“…According to the World Health Organisation, medicinal plants are the foundation of traditional or indigenous health systems used by the majority of the population in many developing nations. Traditional herbal remedies are regarded as cost-effective, easily affordable with no adverse side effects, and safe; as a result, the global demand for herbal drugs is constantly increasing, with India's market expanding at a rate of 20% per year 5, 6 . Phytochemicals are responsible for the medicinal activity of plants 7 , which are nonnutritive chemicals that have protected humans from all sorts of diseases 8 .…”

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Evaluating the Total Phenolic, Protein Contents, Antioxidant and Pharmacological Effects of Cynodon dactylon Extracts Against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus

Ibrahim,

Riaz,

Ali

et al. 2023

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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The study was aimed to characterize the antioxidant and anti-microbial activities of Cynodon dactylon with special reference on its precise biochemical analysis. Physiological analysis that total carotenoids content (0.3884 ± 0.0172 mg/g), total chlorophyll content (6.1460 ± 0.2915 mg/g), total phenolic contents (13.4703 ± 0.1494 mg/g), chlorophyll a (3.7708 ± 0.1528 mg/g, catalase (CAT) contents (40.2844 ± 0.1515 units/mg), total anthocyanin contents (5.0166 ± 0.2966 g–1 FW) total soluble proteins (2.9916 ± 0.1734 mg/g) and total flavonoids content (TFC) (4.7863 ± 0.0442 μg/g) was found higher in the leaves of the Cynodon dactylon whereas, chlorophyll b (2.4881 ± 0.1326 mg/g) was found higher in the stem of Cynodon dactylon, while, peroxidase (POD) contents (81.8763 ± 4.6609 units/mg) and superoxidase dismutase (SOD) activity (80.4346 ± 5.9367 units/mg) was investigated higher in roots of Cynodon dactylon. The anti-microbial activity of Cynodon dactylon extracts was performed using a good diffusion technique against two microbial strains. Among all the plant extracts, the methanolic extracts showed a maximum inhibition zone (26.87 mm) against anti-bacterial strain Escherichia coli whereas n-hexane extract showed a maximum inhibition zone (17.88 mm) against anti-fungal strain Candida albicans. This study reported the antimicrobial activity of Cynodon dactylon against some common pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans, which are highly associated with nosocomial infection. From the given results it is concluded that Cynodon dactylon could be exploited in pharmacology due to its antioxidant and anti-microbial properties.

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Healing Traditions of Southern India and the Conservation of Culture and Biodiversity: A Preliminary Study

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

Q’eqchi’ Maya healers’ traditional knowledge in prioritizing conservation of medicinal plants: culturally relative conservation in sustaining traditional holistic health promotion

Q’eqchi’ Maya healers’ traditional knowledge in prioritizing conservation of medicinal plants: culturally relative conservation in sustaining traditional holistic health promotion

Khazanah Pernaskahan Nusantara: Rekam Jejak dan Perkembangan Kontemporer

Evaluating the Total Phenolic, Protein Contents, Antioxidant and Pharmacological Effects of Cynodon dactylon Extracts Against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus

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