Ethnomedicinal plants used by traditional healers in Phatthalung Province, Peninsular Thailand
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Ethnomedicinal plants used by traditional healers in Phatthalung Province, Peninsular Thailand
BACKGROUND In rural communities of Thailand, traditional healers still play an important role in local health care systems even though modern medicine is easily accessible. Meanwhile, natural forests in Thailand which are important sources of materia medica are being greatly destroyed. This has led to an erosion of traditional Thai medicine. Furthermore, the concept of medicinal plant selection...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1746-4269
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-015-0031-5