Regional trade of medicinal plants has facilitated the retention of traditional knowledge: case study in Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan
Autor: | Sailesh Ranjitkar, Tika Khan, Zahra Batool, Asma Parveen, Jianchu Xu, Muhammad Salim, Shanila Bano, Chandni Kiran, Sajid Ali, Robbie Hart |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences Cultural Studies Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Ethnic group Ethnomedicine 01 natural sciences Interviews as Topic Medicinal plants Gilgit-Baltistan lcsh:Botany Humans Pakistan Traditional knowledge Ethnoecology Market value Socioeconomics Plants Medicinal Research Commerce lcsh:Other systems of medicine Focus Groups lcsh:RZ201-999 Trade in medicinal plants lcsh:QK1-989 0104 chemical sciences Local community 010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry Geography Complementary and alternative medicine Female Medicine Traditional Traditional Use General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 010606 plant biology & botany |
Zdroj: | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-33 (2019) |
ISSN: | 1746-4269 |
Popis: | Background The ethnic groups in Gilgit-Baltistan have been utilizing local resources in their centuries-old traditional healing system. Most tribes within these ethnic groups still rely on traditional healing systems. We aim to understand the current status, uses, and abundance of medicinal plants, associated traditional knowledge, and trade. Materials and methods The study incorporated over 300 local community members (70% men and 30% women) in focused group discussions, semi-structured interviews, and homework assignments for 8th to 12th grade students to document traditional knowledge (TK) in six districts in Northeast Pakistan. We calculated various indices such as informant consensus factor, use value, relative frequency of citation, and CoKriging. These indices, along with repetitively used medicinal plants, were used to analyze differences in studied locations. Results Most of the community members still rely on traditional medication in the study areas. However, we found the highest number of medicinal plants used in Skardu and Gilgit compared to other districts and these two districts also represent trade centers and a highly populated area regarding medicinal plants. Results indicate connection amongst the surveyed villages signifying mixing of knowledge from different sources, with certain areas more influenced by traditional Chinese medicine and others more by Ayurveda and Unani. Conclusion TK is mostly retained with elder community members; however, those directly linked with market value chain retain rich knowledge on traditional use of the medicinal plants from the region. Major trade centers in the region also coincide with a high density of medicinal plant occurrence, knowledge, and higher utilization. Therefore, with the increasing trade in medicinal plant in the region, there is potential for rejuvenation of this knowledge and of plant use in the region. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13002-018-0281-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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