Au Dawn Tung, Wu Jialin, Jiang Zhihong, Chen Hubiao, Lu Guanghua, Zhao Zhongzhen
School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2008 Apr 17;117(1):41-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.01.016. Epub 2008 Feb 1.
An ethnobotanical survey was conducted to collect information on the use of medicinal plants by the Hakka living in Guangdong.
This investigation was to document valuable knowledge represented by Hakka herbal medicine.
Information was obtained from semi-structured interviews, personal conversations with practitioners, direct observations, and by reviewing studies of Hakka and Cantonese reported in the literature.
Our data covered 94 species belonging to 77 genera in 40 families. We found that most species used for medical purposes were for hepatitis (14 species) and skin diseases (12 species). These disorders are prevalent and are primarily treated with medicinal plants. For treatment, the plants were mainly used as teas (Luica, Bugingca and Lopêdca), medicinal baths and soups. The Hakka and non-Hakka people living in Guangdong use different medicinal plants and, in some cases, use the same medicinal plants differently.
The fast disappearance of traditional culture and natural resources due to urbanization and industrialization suggests that unrecorded information may be lost forever. Thus, there is an urgent need both to record this valuable Hakka medicinal knowledge and to encourage its transfer to the next generation.
开展了一项民族植物学调查，以收集生活在广东的客家人使用药用植物的相关信息。
本调查旨在记录客家草药所代表的宝贵知识。
通过半结构化访谈、与从业者的个人交流、直接观察以及查阅文献中报道的关于客家和粤语的研究来获取信息。
我们的数据涵盖了40科77属的94种植物。我们发现，用于医疗目的的大多数植物是针对肝炎（14种）和皮肤病（12种）的。这些疾病很常见，主要用药用植物进行治疗。在治疗中，这些植物主要用作茶饮（路茶、布荆茶和罗丕茶）、药浴和汤品。生活在广东的客家人和非客家人使用不同的药用植物，在某些情况下，即使使用相同的药用植物，用法也有所不同。
由于城市化和工业化，传统文化和自然资源迅速消失，这表明未记录的信息可能会永远丢失。因此，迫切需要记录这些宝贵的客家医药知识，并鼓励将其传承给下一代。
