Lee Sangwoo, Xiao Chunjie, Pei Shengji
School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 65009, Yunnan, China.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2008 May 8;117(2):362-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.02.001. Epub 2008 Feb 12.
In China, traditional markets are considered as important places for trading of medicinal plants harvested by rural villagers, which also play a social role of exchanging traditional use of herbal medicine among different cultural and social groups at local level. Market survey is often engaged in ethnobotanical studies for documenting locally used herbal plants and associated traditional knowledge. Information collected from market survey is also useful for plant conservation in the habitat areas. However, information on the market traded medicinal plants is not well documented from traditional markets in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan. The study aimed to look into medicinal plants that are used by local people for curing various ailments. Ethnobotanical market survey methods, interviews, Participatory Action Research (PAR) and field visits were planned to elicit information on the uses of various medicinal plants. It was found that 216 plant species are commonly used by local people for curing various diseases, of which 173 species (80.1%) are wild plants and 43 species (19.9%) are home garden plants. A total of 278 records of medical uses in 60 herbal recipes for the treatment of 16 types of common diseases were recorded. In most of the recipes recorded, digestion diseases (30.6%) were used. The rest are rheumatological diseases (13.0%), respiratory system diseases (10.4%), infectious diseases (7.9%) and surgery uses (7.9%). The knowledge about the number of medicinal plants available in that area and used by interviewees was positively correlated with the threats on medicinal plants in the wild habitats of the study area, indicating that the diversity of medicinal plants and the associated traditional knowledge trends to disappear in the area.
在中国，传统市场被视为农村村民收获的药用植物的重要交易场所，它在地方层面不同文化和社会群体之间还发挥着交流草药传统用途的社会作用。市场调查经常用于民族植物学研究，以记录当地使用的草药植物及相关传统知识。从市场调查收集的信息对栖息地的植物保护也很有用。然而，云南红河州传统市场上交易的药用植物信息记录并不完善。该研究旨在调查当地人用于治疗各种疾病的药用植物。计划采用民族植物学市场调查方法、访谈、参与式行动研究（PAR）和实地考察，以获取各种药用植物用途的信息。结果发现，当地人常用216种植物治疗各种疾病，其中173种（80.1%）是野生植物，43种（19.9%）是庭园植物。共记录了60种草药配方治疗16种常见疾病的278条药用记录。在大多数记录的配方中，用于治疗消化系统疾病（30.6%）。其余的是风湿性疾病（13.0%）、呼吸系统疾病（10.4%）、传染病（7.9%）和外科用途（7.9%）。受访者所了解的该地区可用且使用的药用植物数量与研究区域野生栖息地中药用植物受到的威胁呈正相关，这表明该地区药用植物的多样性和相关传统知识有消失的趋势。
