Divakar Madhu C, Al-Siyabi Amani, Varghese Shirley S, Rubaie Mohammed Al
Herbal Drug Division, Directorate of Pharmaceutical Affairs and Drug Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman.
Oman Med J. 2016 Jul;31(4):245-52. doi: 10.5001/omj.2016.49.
Studies related to ethnomedicines investigate the way people manage illness and diseases because of their cultural perspective. Fields like ecology, epidemiology, and medical history jointly contribute to the broad field of ethnomedical study. The knowledge gathered by traditional healers in the villages and tribal communities on natural medicines remains unfamiliar to the majority of scientists and the general population. The study of ethnomedicine principally involves the compilation of empirical data, particularly the patterns of illness and treatments from folklore. Due to deforestation, and urbanization of the desert jungles, many valuable medicinal plants present in the study areas appear to be facing extinction in the near future if no proper conservation plans are carried out. This survey documented 33 different herbs used by the natives of Oman for various ailments. Parts of a particular plant, fresh or dried, might be crushed and drunk as an infusion or used externally as a poultice, ground into a paste, or inhaled as smoke. The survey identified 22 plant families, and 18 traditional treatment groups.
与民族医学相关的研究从文化视角探究人们应对疾病的方式。生态学、流行病学和医学史等领域共同为民族医学研究这一广泛领域做出贡献。乡村和部落社区的传统治疗师所积累的关于天然药物的知识，对于大多数科学家和普通大众来说仍然陌生。民族医学研究主要涉及实证数据的汇编，特别是来自民俗的疾病模式和治疗方法。由于森林砍伐以及沙漠丛林的城市化，如果不实施适当的保护计划，研究区域内许多珍贵的药用植物似乎在不久的将来面临灭绝。这项调查记录了阿曼当地人用于治疗各种疾病的33种不同草药。特定植物的部分，新鲜的或干燥的，可能被碾碎作为浸液饮用，或外用作为药膏、磨成糊状物或作为烟雾吸入。该调查确定了22个植物科和18个传统治疗组。
