ISHS Acta Horticulturae 680: III WOCMAP Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Volume 6: Traditional Medicine and Nutraceuticals
HERBS FROM PEAT SWAMP FORESTS IN NARATHIVAS, THAILAND |
| Authors: | T. Kitirattrakarn, C. Anantachoke |
| Keywords: | folk healer, folk medicine, ethnobotany, ethnobotanical survey |
| Abstract:
A study of herbs from peat swamp forests was done by in-depth interview with 14 folk healers in three amphurs, Su-Ngai-Ko-Lok, Su-Ngai-Pa-Dee and Tak-Bai in Narathivas province, that still have perfect peat swamp forests. The study revealed that, 46 species of 34 plant families were used to cure 34 diseases. The most generally used family was Myrtaceae, and the second was Euphorbiaceae. | |
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