Department of Biosciences, University of Wah, Wah Cantt, Pakistan.
Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Slemani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Vet Med Sci. 2022 Nov;8(6):2683-2695. doi: 10.1002/vms3.948. Epub 2022 Sep 29.
In light of the increasing need, for global health care, traditional medical knowledge is receiving considerable attention in order to fulfil the public health needs not only for human health but also animal health.
Thus, the aim of the study is to explore ethnomedicinal uses of plants in human and livestock health care of the study area.
Data were gathered through arranged surveys and meeting techniques by focusing on 80 sources in the investigation region during 2018-2020. Quantitative ethnobotanical indices were calculated.
Eighty plant species (33 herbs, 21 shrubs, 24 trees and 2 climbers) belonging to 50 families, distributed in 74 genera, were being used in the study area. Forty-nine medicinal plants in the treatment of 42 human diseases under 52 natural recipes and 40 plants in 34 livestock diseases under 40 recipes were used, in which 9 plants are used commonly in ethnopharmacy and veterinary medicine. Jaccard index was used to predict the similarity and dissimilarity among cities of Pakistan and reflected the novel use of medicinal plants. Results showed that Boerhavia diffusa, Centella asiatica, Morus nigra, Nasturtium officinale, Rumex hastatus and Sageretia thea have the higher use value (UV). Comparative analysis with other studies strongly reflected the novel use of these plants because of the deep-rooted and unique sociocultural setup of study area.
Our research shows that the wild plants used in the study area are extremely varied, both in terms of species and function, and folk medicine is one of the main health care systems in the area.
鉴于全球医疗保健需求的不断增长，传统医学知识受到了相当多的关注，以满足不仅是人类健康，还有动物健康的公共卫生需求。
因此，本研究的目的是探索研究区域内植物在人类和牲畜健康护理方面的民族医学用途。
通过安排调查和会议技术，在 2018 年至 2020 年期间，集中在调查区域的 80 个来源收集数据。计算了定量民族植物学指数。
在研究区域内，共使用了 80 种植物（33 种草本植物、21 种灌木、24 种树木和 2 种攀缘植物），属于 50 科，分布在 74 属，49 种药用植物用于治疗 52 种自然配方中的 42 种人类疾病和 40 种植物用于治疗 40 种配方中的 34 种牲畜疾病，其中 9 种植物在民族药学和兽医中普遍使用。Jaccard 指数用于预测巴基斯坦城市之间的相似性和差异性，并反映了药用植物的新用途。结果表明，Boerhavia diffusa、Centella asiatica、Morus nigra、Nasturtium officinale、Rumex hastatus 和 Sageretia thea 具有较高的使用价值（UV）。与其他研究的比较分析强烈反映了这些植物的新用途，因为研究区域具有根深蒂固和独特的社会文化背景。
我们的研究表明，研究区域中使用的野生植物在物种和功能上都非常多样化，民间医学是该地区主要的卫生保健系统之一。
