Claim · model-written summary
External use of decoctions dominated Hakka herbal medicine use.
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Verbatim
e0“Ninety-seven Hakka herbs in Ganzhou were documented from 93 plants in 62 families”
e5“External use of decoctions dominated”
Title
Haibo Hu; Yanfang Yang; Abdallah Aissa; et al. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022. doi:10.1186/s12906-022-03712-z
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation 93 Hakka plant species in 62 families were documented in Ganzhou.
- Observation Hakka herbs were used for bathing in 97% of cases.
- Observation Hakka herbs were used as food such as tea in 32% of cases.
- Observation Hakka herbs were used as soup in 12% of cases.
- Observation 24 Hakka medicines use plant parts differently from the Chinese Pharmacopoeia and Chinese Materia Medica.
- Observation 5 Hakka plants are recorded for the first time as traditional medicines.
- Observation Annual and perennial herbs were normally used as a whole plant.
- Observation Woody plants were used as (tender) stem and leaf.
- Observation 94% of Hakka herb extracts were active against one or more microorganisms.
- Observation Most Hakka herbs were active against Gram-positive bacteria.
- Observation Most Hakka herbs were active against Staphylococcus aureus in 67% of cases.
- Observation Most Hakka herbs were active against Listeria innocua in 64% of cases.
- Observation Hakka herb extracts showed cytotoxicity often against tumour cells but rarely against normal cells.
- Recommendation Many herbs reported in the study show promise as medicine, considering antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity.