Medicinal plants in Mexico: healers' consensus and cultural importance

Heinrich, Michael; Ankli, Anita; Frei, Barbara; Weimann, Claudia; Sticher, Otto

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(98)00181-6

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“…On the other hand, the informant consensus factor (F IC ) is very high (0.93 of a maximum of 1, as defined by Trotter and Logan, 1986), indicating a high degree of agreement in the treatment of topical conditions in the area of study. This value is similar to the previous ones obtained in the upper river Ter valley for total medicinal uses (0.87; Rigat et al, 2007) and higher than the values for this factor found in Mallorca (0.71;Carrió and Vallès, 2012) and those reported from Mexican areas (0.75 and 0.79; Heinrich et al, 1998 andLeonti et al, 2001 respectively). In a neighbouring territory, Alt Empordà, the general consensus factor was very similar (0.91).…”

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Plants with topical uses in the Ripollès district (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological validation in the literature

Rigat

Vallès

D'Ambrosio

et al. 2015

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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Ethnopharmacological relevance: The skin is the main structure that protects the human body from environmental factors and has, in addition, a relevant relationship to people's appearance and beauty. Official medicine and cosmetics have shown interest on elaborating products to protect the dermal system, yet the role of folk medicine is highly unknown in this field.Aims of the study: Taking this into account, we performed an ethnobotanical study in a Catalan district of the eastern Pyrenees (northeast Iberian Peninsula), with the purpose of assessing popular plant knowledge and use. In this paper, we present exclusively the results on topically-

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Section: Use Reliabilitysupporting

confidence: 91%

Plants with topical uses in the Ripollès district (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological validation in the literature

Rigat

Vallès

D'Ambrosio

et al. 2015

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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“…The ICF was calculated for each ailment category, to identify the agreements of the informants on the reported cures for the group of diseases [7,8]. The Fidelity Level (FL') Index shows the percentage of informants claiming the use of a certain plant for the same ailment FL' ranking was taken into account only if the index of performance (Ip2) is ≤ 3.…”

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Candidate Medicinal Plant Species of Djiboutian Pharmacopeia for Testing Pharmacological Activities on Common Microbial Diseases

Abdoul-Latif

Osman

Fourreh

et al. 2016

Int J Pharm Pharm Sci

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Objective: The aim of the study was to conduct an ethnobotanical study focused on the medicinal plants used in Randa (Djibouti) for testing pharmacological activities on common microbial diseases.Methods: Plant Ratio (PR), Index of Performance (IP) and the high Informant Consensus Factors (ICF) were calculated to select candidate medicinal species with a pharmacological potential. Results:From this previous work, it was found that the high Informant Consensus Factors, ICF (0.82) for the category of microbial diseases turned out to merit further perusal. The findings particularly gave an imminent insight that stimulated additional investigations and analyses. Different factors, including Plant Ratio (PR) and Index of Performance (IP) were employed for comparison leading to the selection of 18 candidates species, for subsequent pharmacological screening, and testing for antimicrobial activities. Comparison of the information with that accessed from the literature implicitly hinted that the Djiboutian traditional medical system shares much in common with other traditional medical systems. At least six out of the 18 species have not been pharmacologically tested before. Conclusion:The comparison of differents factors (IP2, PR and FL') of plants screening have showed that 18 plants species of Randa region, have good healing potential for infectious diseases. This may inspire continued research to build a comprehensive ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological profiles of the species anticipated to be of the most promising potential for Djibouti and beyond.

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“…Essa região da cidade, classificada como rural-ubana, caracteriza-se por apresentar "uma importante produção rural de hortigranjeiros desenvolvida em áreas que se intercalam com vários núcleos de ocupação urbana" (Hickel et al, 1999). Além da agricultura, destacam-se no bairro a pesca artesanal e o pequeno comércio.…”

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"Ferveu, queimou o ser da erva": conhecimentos de especialistas locais sobre plantas medicinais na região Sul do Brasil

Baldauf¹,

Kubo²,

Silva³

et al. 2009

Rev. bras. plantas med.

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4 In memoriam RESUMO: O objetivo desta pesquisa foi realizar levantamento etnobotânico sobre o conhecimento e uso de plantas medicinais por especialistas locais na comunidade do Lami, situada na região sul de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. A metodologia envolveu a aplicação de entrevistas semiestruturadas e excursões guiadas. Para cada citação as seguintes informações foram registradas: nome botânico e vernacular, uso terapêutico, parte da planta utilizada, preparação e forma de administração. Foi calculado o valor de uso e a porcentagem de concordância quanto aos usos principais corrigida para cada planta citada, bem como o fator de consenso entre informantes para as diferentes categorias de doenças consideradas. Registrou-se o conhecimento sobre 141 espécies medicinais, pertencentes a 63 famílias botânicas. O conhecimento dos especialistas é bastante amplo e inclui o uso de plantas nativas e exóticas quase na mesma proporção. As plantas medicinais representam uma importante alternativa terapêutica na comunidade estudada. O uso associado das medicinas tradicional e convencional, bem como as formas de transmissão e conservação do conhecimento são também discutidos neste artigo.Palavras-chave: etnobotânica, medicina popular, Porto Alegre, conhecimento local ABSTRACT: "Ferveu, queimou o ser da erva": knowledge of local experts on medicinal plants in Southern Brazil. The aim of this study was to conduct an ethnobotanical survey focusing on the knowledge and use of medicinal plants by local experts from Lami community, located in the south region of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The methodology involved semi-structured interviews and guided excursions. For each citation the following data were recorded: botanical and vernacular name, therapeutic use, part used, preparation and administration form. The use value was calculated, as well as the corrected percentage of agreement concerning the main uses for each cited plant and the factor of consensus among informants for the different categories of the considered diseases. Knowledge about 141 medicinal species of 63 botanical families was recorded. The experts have an extensive knowledge including the use of native and exotic plants almost at the same proportion. Medicinal plants represent an important therapeutic option in the studied community. The associated use of traditional and conventional medicines, besides the forms of knowledge transmission and conservation are discussed in this paper.Key words: ethnobotany, popular medicine, Porto Alegre, local knowledge INTRODUÇÃONo Brasil, diferentes tradições terapêuticas contribuíram para a formação da medicina popular (Am orozo, 2004). Além da assimilação dos conhecimentos indígenas, as colaborações trazidas pelos escravos e imigrantes representaram papel importante para o surgimento de uma medicina popular rica e original, na qual a utilização de plantas medicinais ocupa lugar de destaque (Simões et al., 1995).Atualmente, grande parte da populaçãoRev.

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Medicinal plants in Mexico: healers' consensus and cultural importance

Cited by 949 publications

References 18 publications

Plants with topical uses in the Ripollès district (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological validation in the literature

Plants with topical uses in the Ripollès district (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological validation in the literature

Candidate Medicinal Plant Species of Djiboutian Pharmacopeia for Testing Pharmacological Activities on Common Microbial Diseases

"Ferveu, queimou o ser da erva": conhecimentos de especialistas locais sobre plantas medicinais na região Sul do Brasil

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