津巴布韦的传统生态知识和实践:Chipinge地区社区的药用人种植物学和动物学
Justice Muvengwi1, Alfred Maroyi2
1School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits, 2050, South Africa.
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine
|August 14, 2025
概括
津巴布韦Chipinge的传统医生拥有丰富的民族植物学和民族动物学知识,主要是通过祖先传承的. 文献和可持续实践对于保存这种医学知识和支持治疗师的生计至关重要.
科学领域:
- 民族植物学 民族植物学
- 民族动物学 民族动物学
- 传统医学的传统医学.
背景情况:
- 传统医学深深植根于津巴布韦Chipinge的Ndau族群的文化中.
- 治愈者利用各种植物和动物资源来治疗疾病,需要记录和可持续的做法.
- 这项研究解决了为后代保留民族药理学知识和制药潜力的必要性.
研究的目的:
- 记录Chipinge传统治疗师的民族植物学和民族动物学知识.
- 识别用于传统治疗的特定药用植物和动物物种.
- 评估传统疗法对治疗师生计的社会经济影响.
主要方法:
- 从22位传统治疗师采用半结构化问卷 (2018年12月 - 2019年3月) 收集的数据.
- 在津巴布韦国家草药馆发现的药用植物凭证标本;使用现场指南确认的动物物种.
- 信息人共识因子 (ICF) 和使用报告 (Nur) 计算以评估治疗师之间的协议.
主要成果:
- 记录了63种植物和10种脊椎动物 (9种哺乳动物,1种爬行动物);根和树皮是最常用的植物部位.
- 对艾滋病和性病的传统疗法的大量使用,可能是由于传统医疗保健的耻辱和可访问性问题.
- 医生报告说,当地无法获得一些药用植物,每月收入从150美元到600美元不等.
结论:
- 这项研究揭示了Chipinge丰富的民族药理学知识,以及过度采摘和社会经济脆弱性等挑战.
- 可持续的收获实践和对治疗师的正式认可对于将传统医学纳入现代医疗保健至关重要.
- 维护这种文化遗产需要传统治疗师和正式卫生系统之间的协作努力.
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