Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, GPO Box 5220, Kathmandu, Nepal.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2010 Dec 13;6:35. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-6-35.
Plant species have long been used as principal ingredients of traditional medicine in far-west Nepal. The medicinal plants with ethnomedicinal values are currently being screened for their therapeutic potential but their data and information are inadequately compared and analyzed with the Ayurveda and the phytochemical findings.
The present study evaluated ethnomedicinal plants and their uses following literature review, comparison, field observations, and analysis. Comparison was made against earlier standard literature of medicinal plants and ethnomedicine of the same area, the common uses of the Ayurveda and the latest common phytochemical findings. The field study for primary data collection was carried out from 2006-2008.
The herbal medicine in far-west Nepal is the basis of treatment of most illness through traditional knowledge. The medicine is made available via ancient, natural health care practices such as tribal lore, home herbal remedy, and the Baidhya, Ayurveda and Amchi systems. The traditional herbal medicine has not only survived but also thrived in the trans-cultural environment with its intermixture of ethnic traditions and beliefs. The present assessment showed that traditional herbal medicine has flourished in rural areas where modern medicine is parsimoniously accessed because of the high cost and long travel time to health center. Of the 48 Nepalese medicinal plants assessed in the present communication, about half of the species showed affinity with the common uses of the Ayurveda, earlier studies and the latest phytochemical findings. The folk uses of Acacia catechu for cold and cough, Aconitum spicatum as an analgesic, Aesculus indica for joint pain, Andrographis paniculata for fever, Anisomeles indica for urinary affections, Azadirachta indica for fever, Euphorbia hirta for asthma, Taxus wallichiana for tumor control, and Tinospora sinensis for diabetes are consistent with the latest pharmacological findings, common Ayurvedic and earlier uses.
Although traditional herbal medicine is only a primary means of health care in far-west Nepal, the medicine has been pursued indigenously with complementing pharmacology and the Ayurveda. Therefore, further pharmacological evaluation of traditional herbal medicine deserves more attention.
在尼泊尔远西部，植物物种长期以来一直被用作传统医学的主要成分。目前正在对具有民族医学价值的药用植物进行筛选，以评估其治疗潜力，但它们的数据和信息与阿育吠陀和植物化学发现的比较和分析还不够充分。
本研究通过文献回顾、比较、实地观察和分析评估了民族药用植物及其用途。将其与同一地区早期的药用植物和民族医学标准文献、阿育吠陀的常见用途和最新的常见植物化学发现进行了比较。主要数据收集的实地研究于 2006 年至 2008 年进行。
尼泊尔远西部的草药是治疗大多数疾病的基础，这些疾病通过传统知识进行治疗。这些药物通过古老的自然保健方法提供，如部落传说、家庭草药疗法以及 Baidhya、阿育吠陀和 Amchi 系统。传统草药不仅得以生存，而且在具有民族传统和信仰的混合文化环境中也得以繁荣发展。目前的评估表明，传统草药在农村地区蓬勃发展，在这些地区，由于医疗中心的高成本和长途旅行时间，现代医学的使用受到限制。在本研究中评估的 48 种尼泊尔药用植物中，约有一半的物种与阿育吠陀、早期研究和最新植物化学发现的常见用途有关。在本研究中，Acacia catechu 用于治疗感冒和咳嗽，Aconitum spicatum 用作镇痛药，Aesculus indica 用于治疗关节疼痛，Andrographis paniculata 用于治疗发热，Anisomeles indica 用于治疗尿路感染，Azadirachta indica 用于治疗发热，Euphorbia hirta 用于治疗哮喘，Taxus wallichiana 用于控制肿瘤，Tinospora sinensis 用于治疗糖尿病，这些民间用途与最新的药理学发现、常见的阿育吠陀和早期用途一致。
尽管传统草药只是尼泊尔远西部的主要保健手段，但这种药物已经在当地得到了发展，并与药理学和阿育吠陀相辅相成。因此，传统草药的进一步药理学评估值得更多关注。
