Junsongduang Auemporn, Saensouk Surapon, Balslev Henrik
Department of Science and Technology, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Roi Et Rajabhat University, Selaphum, Roi Et 45120, Thailand.
Walai Rukhavej Botanical Research Institute, Mahasarakham University, Kantarawichai, Maha Sarakham 44150, Thailand.
Plants (Basel). 2025 Feb 17;14(4):602. doi: 10.3390/plants14040602.
Medicinal plants remain vital in the Phu Tai community in Amnat Charoen in Thailand. Traditional healers' knowledge is largely undocumented in the literature. Our objective was to document their medicinal plant practices to preserve this valuable knowledge. Our informants were 15 Phu Tai healers. We calculated use values (UV), family importance values (FIV), and informant agreement ratios (IAR) to gauge the significance of the 211 medicinal plants used by the healers. The most important plant families were Fabaceae and Zingiberaceae (FIV = 93). Kha min () was the most important medicinal species (UV = 0.66). The decoction was the most common preparation method (85%). Skin/subcutaneous cellular tissue disorders had the highest informant agreement ratio (IAR = 0.73). Shrubs were the most common life form (36%) among the medicinal plants; the majority were collected from community forests (51%) and were native to Thailand (86%). The most frequently used plant part for medicine was the leaf (27%). Medicinal plants that can be purchased were Ueang mai na (), Thep tharo (), and Som khon (). Interestingly, monks served as traditional healers. The healer's age and education were not correlated with the number of medicinal plants they knew. The Amnat Charoen healers possess a rich traditional knowledge of medicinal plants. The information reported here is invaluable for further research in the field of cross-cultural ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology.
药用植物在泰国阿马纳差翁府的普泰社区仍然至关重要。传统治疗师的知识在文献中大多没有记载。我们的目标是记录他们的药用植物实践,以保存这一宝贵知识。我们的信息提供者是15位普泰治疗师。我们计算了使用价值(UV)、科重要性值(FIV)和信息提供者一致率(IAR),以评估治疗师使用的211种药用植物的重要性。最重要的植物科是豆科和姜科(FIV = 93)。卡敏()是最重要的药用物种(UV = 0.66)。煎煮是最常见的制备方法(85%)。皮肤/皮下细胞组织疾病的信息提供者一致率最高(IAR = 0.73)。灌木是药用植物中最常见的生活型(36%);大多数植物是从社区森林采集的(51%),并且原产于泰国(86%)。最常用于入药的植物部位是叶子(27%)。可以购买的药用植物有乌昂迈纳()、特普塔罗()和颂空()。有趣的是,僧侣担任传统治疗师。治疗师的年龄和教育程度与他们所知道的药用植物数量无关。阿马纳差翁府的治疗师拥有丰富的药用植物传统知识。这里报告的信息对于跨文化民族植物学和民族药理学领域的进一步研究具有重要价值。