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HERBS FROM PEAT SWAMP FORESTS IN NARATHIVAS, THAILAND
Article number
680_9
Pages
73 – 81
Language
English
Abstract
A study of herbs from peat swamp forests was done by in-depth interview with 14 folk healers in three amphurs, Su-Ngai-Ko-Lok, Su-Ngai-Pa-Dee and Tak-Bai in Narathivas province, that still have perfect peat swamp forests.
The study revealed that, 46 species of 34 plant families were used to cure 34 diseases.
The most generally used family was Myrtaceae, and the second was Euphorbiaceae.
The study revealed that, 46 species of 34 plant families were used to cure 34 diseases.
The most generally used family was Myrtaceae, and the second was Euphorbiaceae.
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Authors
T. Kitirattrakarn, C. Anantachoke
Keywords
folk healer, folk medicine, ethnobotany, ethnobotanical survey
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