Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Suthep Road T. Suthep, Muang, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2011 May 17;135(2):226-37. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.03.050. Epub 2011 Mar 31.
To study the use of medicinal plants by the Mien in Nan Province and their potential value in the primary healthcare of postpartum women. Also, to survey the medicinal plant resources present there.
Free listing and interviews were used with four key informants (herbalists and collectors) to collect all qualitative and quantitative plant data. Semi-structured questionnaires were used to obtain information on the knowledge, attitude and practices of fifty-eight non-specialist informants. Transect walks of forest plots were carried out with herbalists to get more information on the status of the medicinal plants with regard to their habitat.
More than 168 species of medicinal plants were surveyed. These plants belonged to 80 families and 145 genera, of which 131 were wild plants and 37 species have been cultivated in home gardens. The interview data from four herbalists and fifty-eight non-specialist informants indicated that the majority of non-specialist informants who used medicinal plants were women and the most common usage categories were for birth related conditions (44 species, 26.2%). The most common method of preparation was decoction for both oral consumption and bathing uses (134 species, 79.8%). The most common species of medicinal plants were used in a postpartum herbal bath formulae and in food supplement formulas. These were Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis, Basella alba L., Ricinus communis L., Poikilospermum suaveolens (L.) Merr., Gouania leptostachya DC. Var. leptostachya, Schefflera sp. cf. Schefflera bengalensis Gamb., Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC., Chromolaena odoratum (L.) King et Robin and Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf.
研究云南省弥侬人使用药用植物的情况及其在后产妇初级保健中的潜在价值。此外，还对当地药用植物资源进行了调查。
采用自由列举和访谈的方法，对 4 名（草药师和采集者）关键信息提供者进行调查，以收集所有定性和定量的植物数据。半结构式问卷用于获取 58 名非专业信息提供者的知识、态度和实践信息。与草药师一起进行森林样带行走，以获得有关药用植物栖息地状况的更多信息。
共调查了 168 多种药用植物。这些植物属于 80 科 145 属，其中 131 种为野生植物，37 种在家庭花园中栽培。来自 4 名草药师和 58 名非专业信息提供者的访谈数据表明，大多数使用药用植物的非专业信息提供者是女性，最常见的使用类别是与分娩相关的情况（44 种，26.2%）。最常见的制备方法是煎煮，用于口服和沐浴（134 种，79.8%）。最常见的药用植物种类用于产后草药浴配方和食品补充配方。这些植物分别为落葵（Ten.）Steenis、白背叶 Basella alba L.、蓖麻 Ricinus communis L.、柔弱斑种草 Poikilospermum suaveolens（L.）Merr.、岗柃 G. leptostachya DC. Var. leptostachya、鹅掌柴 Schefflera sp. cf. Schefflera bengalensis Gamb.、艾纳香 Blumea balsamifera（L.）DC.、马缨丹 Chromolaena odoratum（L.）King et Robin 和香茅草 Cymbopogon citratus（DC.）Stapf.
