Cultural significance of medicinal plant families and species among Quechua farmers in Apillapampa, Bolivia

Herbal Landscape: The Perception of Landscape as a Source of Medicinal Plants

“…In recent times, more attention has been paid to the fact that using wild plants is a relevant component of local traditional ecological knowledge, which requires complex interactions between human beings and their natural resources (Lozada et al 2006, Eyssartier et al 2008, Lira et al 2009, Jarić et al 2007, and should be looked upon as a complex phenomenon covering historical, geographical, cultural, cross-cultural, economic, social, etc. aspects (Lozada et al 2006, De Natale 2009, Liu et al 2009, Molares and Ladio 2009, Thomas et al 2009b, Vandebroek et al 2004, Reyes-García et al 2006). Many researchers have observed different aspects of knowledge transmission (Lozada et al 2006), trying to apply the Doctrine of Signature to the plant selection process (Bennett 2007, Dafni andLev 2002), or have explored the categorization and the adaptation of plant knowledge (Müller-Schwarze 2006), and there is an ongoing debate about the classification of the environment and its elements that cause certain species to be used and others to be rejected (Rivera et al 2007).…”

Medicinal Plant Use as an Adaptive Strategy in the Bolivian Andes: Evidence from the Quechua Community of Apillapampa

“…Ethnopharmacological data of the most important species mentioned in this chapter are given in Vandebroek et al ( 2003 ) and Thomas et al ( 2009a ) . All inventoried medicinal species are distributed over 77 families.…”

“…For example, rheumatism alone accounts for almost one third of all inventoried medicinal plants. However, based on a high degree of participant consensus (Thomas et al 2009a ) and available experimental biomedical evidence (Vandebroek et al 2003 ) some of these health conditions can probably be treated effectively by only a few plant species. For instance, based on participant consensus Achyrocline ramosissima , Gnaphalium gaudichaudianum , and Mutisia ledifolia (Thomas et al 2009a ) are considered to be the most ef fi cient to alleviate cough.…”

Ethnomedicine of Medicinal Plants By Batak Phakpak Subethnic in The Surung Mersada Village, Phakpak Bharat District, North Sumatera

“…Asteraceae, Zingiberaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Solanaceae, dan Rutaceae merupakan famili dengan jumlah spesies terbanyak yaitu 12,8,8,8,7 dan 6 spesies secara berturut-turut (Gambar 2). Klasifikasi tumbuhan sampai tingkat famili merupakan faktor penting untuk menentukan kegunaan spesies tumbuhan pada masayarakat lokal (Thomas et al, 2009 (Silalahi et al, 2015) dan subetnis Batak Karo (Silalahi et al, 2013;Purba et al, 2016). Pemanfaatan tumbuhan obat oleh masyarakat lokal dipengaruhi oleh berbagai faktor diantaranya khasiat dan ketersediaan, bahasa, hubungan sosial masyarakat (Menendez-Baceta et al, 2015), sejarah kebudayaan, pemahaman (Leonti & Casu, 2013), keyakinan dan kepercayaan (Pieroni & Quave, 2005;Pieroni et al, 2011;Rexhepi et al, 2013) masyarakat lokal.…”