ISHS Acta Horticulturae 503: II WOCMAP Congress Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Part 4: Industrial Processing, Standards & Regulations, Quality, Marketing, Economics
ROL ACTUAL DE LA FITOMEDICINA EN EL CARIBE. PRESENTACION DE LA FARMACOPEA VEGETAL CARIBEÑA (TRAMIL) |
| Authors: | S. Lagos-Witte, L. Germosén-Robineau, B. Weniger |
| Abstract:
TRAMIL (Traditional Medicine in the Islands) is an applied research program that focuses on popular medicine in the Caribbean region. Through a series of surveys conducted in rural and urban areas, the TRAMIL participants gather information on the plants which are commonly used as household remedies, they select the most culturally significant ones depending on the level of consensus between respondents. TRAMIL collaborators seek to promote the use of plants, which have been deemed effective for common ailments, plants which appear to be toxic and continue studying those for which information is still lacking. Every two years, a multidisciplinary workshop is held to appraise the progress of the work. The fruit of each seminar is an updated version of a book, which contains information and advice on selected medicinal plants of the Caribbean. In the case of "Farmacopea Vegetal Caribeña", one of two ratings was given for each specific illness and plant part used, as reflected in the initial surveys. "TOX" means that the plant is probably toxic, and its use should be discouraged. "REC" indicates that the plant is probably beneficial and its use recommended. With the "Farmacopea Vegetal Caribeña", TRAMIL seeks to communicate ethnopharmacologial information on Caribbean medicinal plants to local doctors, pharmacists and other health professionals. On the other hand, TRAMIL seeks to incorporate the plants which use is "REC" into the primary health care systems of different Caribbean countries in order to get the Health Ministers to participate in the spreading of these results. A series of popular seminars and pamphlets provides similar information to the communities that have participated in the surveys and that depend on plants for their everyday health care. | |
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