Medicinal plant knowledge and its erosion among the Mien (Yao) in northern Thailand

Ethnopharmacological relevance: We studied local knowledge and actual uses of medicinal plants among the Mien in northern Thailand, documenting traditional medical practices and its transfer between generations. Aim of the study: With the assumption that discrepancies between knowledge and actual us...

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Main Authors: Kamonnate Srithi, Henrik Balslev, Prasit Wangpakapattanawong, Prachaya Srisanga, Chusie Trisonthi
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-494322018-08-16T02:16:49Z Medicinal plant knowledge and its erosion among the Mien (Yao) in northern Thailand Kamonnate Srithi Henrik Balslev Prasit Wangpakapattanawong Prachaya Srisanga Chusie Trisonthi Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Ethnopharmacological relevance: We studied local knowledge and actual uses of medicinal plants among the Mien in northern Thailand, documenting traditional medical practices and its transfer between generations. Aim of the study: With the assumption that discrepancies between knowledge and actual use represent knowledge erosion, we studied whether actual use of medicinal plants corresponded to people's knowledge of such uses. Materials and methods: We used local knowledge from four specialist informants as the domain for semi-structured interviews with 34 randomly selected non-specialist informants. We calculated informant consensus, use value, and fidelity level for each species and use category and performed statistical analyses with Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, Pearson correlation coefficient, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, and paired-sample t-tests. Results: We found significant discrepancies between knowledge and actual use of medicinal plants. The number of known and actually used plants increased with increasing informant age and decreased with increasing years of formal education. Conclusions: Medicinal plant knowledge and use in these Mien communities is undergoing inter-generational erosion because of acculturation and interrupted knowledge transmission. Preservation of Mien medicinal plant intellectual heritage requires continued documentation concerning use, conservation, and sustainable management of this resource, which should be publicized to younger Mien. © 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. 2018-08-16T02:16:49Z 2018-08-16T02:16:49Z 2009-06-22 Journal 03788741 2-s2.0-67349171053 10.1016/j.jep.2009.02.035 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=67349171053&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/49432
institution Chiang Mai University
building Chiang Mai University Library
country Thailand
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topic Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
spellingShingle Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Kamonnate Srithi
Henrik Balslev
Prasit Wangpakapattanawong
Prachaya Srisanga
Chusie Trisonthi
Medicinal plant knowledge and its erosion among the Mien (Yao) in northern Thailand
description Ethnopharmacological relevance: We studied local knowledge and actual uses of medicinal plants among the Mien in northern Thailand, documenting traditional medical practices and its transfer between generations. Aim of the study: With the assumption that discrepancies between knowledge and actual use represent knowledge erosion, we studied whether actual use of medicinal plants corresponded to people's knowledge of such uses. Materials and methods: We used local knowledge from four specialist informants as the domain for semi-structured interviews with 34 randomly selected non-specialist informants. We calculated informant consensus, use value, and fidelity level for each species and use category and performed statistical analyses with Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, Pearson correlation coefficient, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, and paired-sample t-tests. Results: We found significant discrepancies between knowledge and actual use of medicinal plants. The number of known and actually used plants increased with increasing informant age and decreased with increasing years of formal education. Conclusions: Medicinal plant knowledge and use in these Mien communities is undergoing inter-generational erosion because of acculturation and interrupted knowledge transmission. Preservation of Mien medicinal plant intellectual heritage requires continued documentation concerning use, conservation, and sustainable management of this resource, which should be publicized to younger Mien. © 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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author Kamonnate Srithi
Henrik Balslev
Prasit Wangpakapattanawong
Prachaya Srisanga
Chusie Trisonthi
author_facet Kamonnate Srithi
Henrik Balslev
Prasit Wangpakapattanawong
Prachaya Srisanga
Chusie Trisonthi
author_sort Kamonnate Srithi
title Medicinal plant knowledge and its erosion among the Mien (Yao) in northern Thailand
title_short Medicinal plant knowledge and its erosion among the Mien (Yao) in northern Thailand
title_full Medicinal plant knowledge and its erosion among the Mien (Yao) in northern Thailand
title_fullStr Medicinal plant knowledge and its erosion among the Mien (Yao) in northern Thailand
title_full_unstemmed Medicinal plant knowledge and its erosion among the Mien (Yao) in northern Thailand
title_sort medicinal plant knowledge and its erosion among the mien (yao) in northern thailand
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