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The authors recommend protecting traditional medicinal knowledge and collectively planning sustainable medicinal plant use and local economic development under protection.
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- medicinal plantse0
- Outcome
- promote and conserve the important traditional medicinal knowledgee0
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- sustainable use of medicinal plants and improve local economic development under the premise of protectione0
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e0“However, significant measures need to be taken to protect from loss the important traditional knowledge gained by the Dulong through their experience and inheritance. A collective effort should be made to promote and conserve the important traditional medicinal knowledge and outline a plan for sustainable use of medicinal plants and improve local economic development under the premise of protection.”
Title
Medicinal Plants and Fungi Traditionally Used by Dulong People in Northwest Yunnan, China
Zhuo Cheng; Xian Hu; Xiaoping Lu; et al. Frontiers in Pharmacology 2022. doi:10.3389/fphar.2022.895129
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- Observation The survey recorded 105 medicinal plant species in 69 families.
- Observation Asteraceae was a dominant family with eight species.
- Observation Polygonaceae was a dominant family with four species.
- Observation Ranunculaceae was a dominant family with four species.
- Observation Rosaceae was a dominant family with four species.
- Observation Whole plants were the most frequently used medicinal part.
- Observation Decoction was the most common preparation method and oral administration the most frequent application route.
- Observation Coptis teeta was among the most useful plants with RFC 0.15.
- Observation Acorus calamus was among the most useful plants with RFC 0.12.
- Observation Ophiocordyceps sinensis had a relatively high RFC of 0.11.
- Observation Tanacetum tatsienense var. tanacetopsis was among the most useful plants with RFC 0.11.
- Observation Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis was among the most useful plants with RFC 0.08.
- Observation Circulatory system uses had one of the highest FIC values, 0.91.
- Observation Immune system uses had one of the highest FIC values, 0.89.
- Observation Nervous system uses had one of the highest FIC values, 0.85.
- Observation Sixty-two medicinal plants used by the Dulong also had dietary uses.
- Observation Traditional medicinal plant knowledge has been seriously threatened in recent decades.
- Recommendation The authors recommend modern approaches to demystify traditional medicine.