Reimers Eduardo Alberto Lara, Fernández Eloy C, Reimers David J Lara, Chaloupkova Petra, Del Valle Juan Manuel Zepeda, Milella Luigi, Russo Daniela
Department of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Praha 6-Suchdol, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
Department of Forestry Engineering, Division of Forest Sciences, Autonomy University of Chapingo, Km 38.5 roadway, México-Texcoco, Chapingo, CP 56230, Mexico.
Plants (Basel). 2019 Jul 24;8(8):246. doi: 10.3390/plants8080246.
An ethnobotanical study was performed to collect information on the use of medicinal plants in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. The area has a high number of endemic species, and the social importance of the medicinal plants in the community is essential for public health and the conservation of traditional knowledge. This study identified the medicinal plants currently used, registered traditional knowledge, and documented the patterns of ailments treated in the indigenous communities of Totonacas. A total of 101 medicinal plants belonging to 51 families were described by 85 local informants. Asteraceae was the family with the highest number of plant species identified by these informants. Plant parts are used to treat several ailments, including venomous bites, gastro-intestinal disorders, infectious diseases and other disorders. Informants reported that the most common plant part used was the leaf tissue (55%), and they also took the herbal remedies orally (72%), and decoctions (38%) as well as infusions (29%) were the forms used to prepare these natural remedies. This study provides documentation of medicinal plants used in the Veracruz area of Mexico. Mexican people are still dependent upon medicinal plants, and in order to avoid their loss, certain measures of conservation for medicinal plants are needed.
开展了一项民族植物学研究，以收集墨西哥韦拉克鲁斯州帕潘特拉地区药用植物的使用信息。该地区有大量的特有物种，药用植物在社区中的社会重要性对公共卫生和传统知识的保护至关重要。本研究确定了目前使用的药用植物，记录了传统知识，并记录了托托纳卡土著社区治疗疾病的模式。85位当地信息提供者描述了总共属于51个科的101种药用植物。菊科是这些信息提供者确定的植物种类最多的科。植物的各个部位被用于治疗多种疾病，包括毒蛇咬伤、胃肠道疾病、传染病和其他疾病。信息提供者报告说，最常用的植物部位是叶组织（55%），他们也口服草药（72%），而煎剂（38%）和浸剂（29%）是制备这些天然药物的常用形式。本研究提供了墨西哥韦拉克鲁斯地区使用的药用植物的记录。墨西哥人仍然依赖药用植物，为了避免它们的流失，需要采取某些药用植物保护措施。
