Key Laboratory of Ethnomedicine (Minzu University of China), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100081, China.
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, China.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2018 Oct 17;14(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s13002-018-0260-5.
The traditional medicinal markets held during the Dragon Boat Festival are common and important in China's countryside. In Jianghua, a Yao autonomous county in Hunan Province in China, the medicinal market also plays an important role for the application, conservation, and communication of traditional Yao medicinal knowledge.
During the Dragon Boat Festival in 2016 and 2017, ethnobotanical surveys and inventories were conducted in the medicinal market of Jianghua County, and voucher plant specimens were collected, identified, and deposited in a herbarium. Quantitative analysis included measurement of frequency of occurrence for species in the marketplace and the relative importance index for the number of uses for a given species.
A total of 306 plant species (249 genera, 113 families) and their related information about the medicinal market were collected. Some major findings include the following: (1) Using the whole plant as medicine is more common than other medicinal plant parts; (2) treating rheumatism and clearing inner heat are the most frequent medicinal uses; and (3) taking a medicinal bath is the most frequent modality to administer the traditional medicine. The frequency of occurrence and the relative importance index of some medicinal plants were analyzed, as well as the demographics and the number of stalls and the status of traditional Yao medicinal knowledge in Jianghua. Based on the investigation, suggestions were proposed for better protecting the medicinal market and preserving traditional medicinal knowledge in Jianghua County.
The medicinal market during the Dragon Boat Festival in Jianghua County possesses an important cultural value and helps to conserve the traditional Yao medicinal knowledge. The medicinal plants sold at the market showed great diversity and unique local characteristics. The medicinal market is facing some challenges in such a rapidly developing era. Cultivation of young healers and maintaining the local biodiversity might be the key solutions for the development of local medicinal market and local Yao medicinal knowledge.
端午节期间的传统药材市场在中国农村很常见且很重要。在中国湖南省江华瑶族自治县，药材市场对于传统瑶医药知识的应用、保护和交流也起着重要作用。
在 2016 年和 2017 年的端午节期间，我们在江华县的药材市场进行了民族植物学调查和清单编制，并采集了凭证植物标本，保存在标本馆中。定量分析包括测量市场上物种的出现频率和给定物种用途的相对重要性指数。
共收集到 306 种植物（249 属，113 科）及其相关的药材市场信息。一些主要发现包括：（1）使用整株植物作为药材比其他药用植物部分更为常见；（2）治疗风湿和清热是最常见的药用用途；（3）药浴是最常见的给药方式。分析了一些药用植物的出现频率和相对重要性指数，以及江华的人口统计学、摊位数量和传统瑶医药知识的状况。基于调查，我们提出了一些建议，以更好地保护江华县的药材市场和保存传统瑶医药知识。
江华县端午节期间的药材市场具有重要的文化价值，有助于保护传统瑶医药知识。市场上销售的药用植物表现出多样性和独特的地方特色。药材市场在这个快速发展的时代面临着一些挑战。培养年轻的治疗师和维护当地生物多样性可能是发展当地药材市场和当地瑶医药知识的关键解决方案。
