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Medicinal plant use practice in four ethnic communities (Gurage, Mareqo, Qebena, and Silti), south central Ethiopia.
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine ( IF 3.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-24 , DOI: 10.1186/s13002-020-00377-1
Alemtshay Teka 1 , Zemede Asfaw 2 , Sebsebe Demissew 2 , Patrick Van Damme 3, 4
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BACKGROUND Ethnic groups throughout the world have developed their own cultures expressed in the form of customs, taboos, and traditional healthcare systems. Traditional medicine system is one of the widespread cultures known throughout the world which is very much tied to cultural practices of the community or ethnic group. Medicinal plant treasure found in Gurage and Silti zones remained poorly characterized and understood. Therefore, this study was conducted in four ethnic groups: three from Gurage zone (Gurage, Qebena, and Mareqo) and one from Silti zone (Silti) which have lived in close proximity and contact for many centuries in the respective zones. In the present study, unique and shared cultural elements in connection to traditional herbal medicine were examined through investigation of the diversity of medicinal plants. Moreover, attempts have been made to determine similarities among the society in the medicinal plants they have used in general and in medicinal plant species considered culturally most important. METHODS In a study that involved 320 randomly sampled informants, semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, and participant observation were used and qualitative and quantitative data were collected. Descriptive statistics, rank order priority (ROP), informant consensus factor, Jaccard similarity coefficient, and clustering were used for data analysis. RESULTS A total of 244 medicinal plant species and a fungal species used to treat human and/or livestock ailments were documented. The number of plants (80 plants, 33 %) with ROP value greater than 50% were considerably fewer than that of plants with ROP < 50% (164, 67 %). Jaccard similarity index and clustering analysis for all cited plants, among the respective studied districts, indicated that grouping generally followed the existing ethnic origin. On the contrary, clustering based on culturally important medicinal plant species (80 plant species, score ROP ≥ 50%) showed the influence of proximity and geographical orientation rather than ethnic relation. CONCLUSIONS Culturally, most important plants (80 spp.) are widely used and best shared with nearby communities and this could imply current (new) knowledge being practiced in the communities. This knowledge must be documented and better utilized in a modern way including modernized use of traditional medicinal plants.

中文翻译:

埃塞俄比亚中南部四个族裔社区(Gurage,Mareqo,Qebena和Silti)的药用植物使用实践。

背景技术全世界的族裔群体已经发展出他们自己的习俗,禁忌和传统医疗保健系统形式的文化。传统医学系统是世界范围内广泛传播的文化之一,与社区或民族的文化习俗息息相关。在古拉格(Gurage)和西尔蒂(Silti)地区发现的药用植物宝藏,其特征和理解仍然不佳。因此,这项研究是在四个民族中进行的:三个民族来自古拉格地区(Gurage,Qebena和Mareqo),一个民族来自席尔提地区(Silti),它们在各个地区都生活在很近的地方并接触了多个世纪。在本研究中,通过调查药用植物的多样性,研究了与传统草药有关的独特和共有的文化元素。此外,已经尝试确定它们在一般上使用的药用植物和在文化上最重要的药用植物中的社会相似性。方法在一项涉及320名随机抽样调查对象的研究中,使用了半结构化访谈,焦点小组讨论和参与者观察,并收集了定性和定量数据。描述性统计,等级优先级(ROP),信息提供者共识因子,Jaccard相似系数和聚类用于数据分析。结果记录了总共244种药用植物和用于治疗人类和/或家畜疾病的真菌。ROP值大于50%的植物数量(80株,33%)明显小于ROP <50%的植物数量(164,67%)。各个研究区中所有被引植物的Jaccard相似性指数和聚类分析表明,分组通常遵循现有的民族血统。相反,基于具有重要文化意义的药用植物物种(80种植物,ROP≥50%)的聚类显示了邻近性和地理取向而不是种族关系的影响。结论从文化上讲,最重要的植物(80 pppp。)被广泛使用,并且最好与附近社区共享,这可能意味着在社区中正在实践当前(新的)知识。必须以现代方式记录和更好地利用这些知识,包括对传统药用植物的现代化使用。指出,分组通常遵循现有的种族血统。相反,基于具有重要文化意义的药用植物物种(80种植物,ROP≥50%)的聚类显示了邻近性和地理取向而不是种族关系的影响。结论从文化上讲,最重要的植物(80 pppp。)被广泛使用,并且最好与附近社区共享,这可能意味着在社区中正在实践当前(新的)知识。必须以现代方式记录和更好地利用这些知识,包括对传统药用植物的现代化使用。指出,分组通常遵循现有的种族血统。相反,基于具有重要文化意义的药用植物物种(80种植物,ROP≥50%)的聚类显示了邻近性和地理取向而不是种族关系的影响。结论从文化上讲,最重要的植物(80 pppp。)被广泛使用,并且最好与附近社区共享,这可能意味着在社区中正在实践当前(新的)知识。必须以现代方式记录和更好地利用这些知识,包括对传统药用植物的现代化使用。最重要的植物(80 pppp。)被广泛使用,并且最好与附近社区共享,这可能意味着在社区中正在实践当前(新)知识。必须对这些知识进行记录,并以现代方式更好地加以利用,包括对传统药用植物的现代化使用。最重要的植物(80 pppp。)被广泛使用,并且最好与附近社区共享,这可能意味着在社区中正在实践当前(新的)知识。必须以现代方式记录和更好地利用这些知识,包括对传统药用植物的现代化使用。
更新日期:2020-05-24
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