Medicinal Plant Knowledge Among Lay People In Five Eastern Tibet Villages

Medicinal Plant Knowledge Among Lay People In Five Eastern Tibet Villages Anja Byg, Jan Salick, and Wayne Law, 2010 Tibetans in five villages in the Mount Khawa Karpo area of the Menri (Meili Xueshan in Chinese) range, Northwest Yunnan, People’s Republic of China, were interviewed about their knowledge of a number of medicinal plants and their uses. There was large variation in people’s knowledge with significant differences among the villages and between men and women. Most of the...

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