scholarly journals An ethnomycological survey of Jaunsar, Chakrata, Dehradun, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 10717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoj Kumar ◽  
N.S.K. Harsh ◽  
Rajendra Prasad ◽  
Vijay Vardhan Pandey
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Narrow Range ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Younger Generation ◽  
Poisonous Mushrooms ◽  
Culinary Practices

The indigenous people in Chakrata have an immense knowledge of edible and poisonous mushrooms.  In the present study the use of mushroom in culinary practices was surveyed among three communities, viz., the natives: Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Scheduled Caste; and Nepali immigrants.  The Brahmins & Kshatriyas showed a narrow range of consumption of mushrooms while the Nepalis showed the widest range of consumption.  Medicinal and religious uses were reported by the scheduled caste.  A total of 63 mushrooms were recorded from the study area.  The knowledge of edible as well as medicinal uses of fungi is at risk in this region as the younger generation is not willing to learn this traditional knowledge.  In the present study most of the youths were excluded at the end as they did not gave much information.

ETHNOVETERINARY MEDICINAL USES OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS ON PNEUMONIA BY THE GUJJAR AND PAHARI TRIBES OF POONCH DISTRICT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMIL AHMED KHAN ◽  
RAJINDER PAUL
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Modern Health Care ◽  
Care Facilities

Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir is a reservoir of enormous natural resources including the wealth of medicinal plants. The present paper deals with 12 medicinal plant species belonging to 8 genera of angiosperms used on pneumonia in cattle such as cows, sheep, goats and buffaloes in different areas of Poonch district. Due to poverty and nonavailability of modern health care facilities, the indigenous people of the area partially or fully depend on surrounding medicinal plants to cure the different ailments of their cattles. Further research on modern scientific line is necessary to improve their efficacy, safety and validation of the traditional knowledge.

scholarly journals Indigenous People and Their Traditional Knowledge on Tropical Plant Cultivation and Utilization: A Case Study of Murut Communities of Sabah, Borneo

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-128
Author(s):  
Nur Muhammed ◽  
Theresa Antonia Muthu
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Fuel Wood ◽  
High Dependency ◽  
Plant Utilization

This study was conducted in Murut indigenous people inhibited two villages of Keningau district of Sabah Borneo which is blessed with vast cultural diversities. In this regard, 120 randomly selected households from the Nabaai and Gana tribes of Murut community were investigated with a view to identify their homestead plants, use pattern and also their Traditional Knowledge on plant utilization. Five major research tools (e.g., review of secondary information, key Informant interview, household survey with semi-structured questionnaire and focus group discussion) was employed in this study. It is found that the plant species found in the homestead of the Nabaai and Gana tribes are utilized for three main reasons i.e., i) food production, ii) medicine, and iii) fuel wood. There are 23 utilization pattern has been identified in this study which is much lesser than what was found a decade ago (68 utilization). The Nabaai and Gana tribes practice Traditional Knowledge in their daily life especially, in medicinal plant utilization. The findings also show that most of the Traditional Knowledge on plant utilization is lying with the respondents with low income group (59%) because of their high dependency on utilization of the surrounding resources in their daily life. Appropriate steps to preserve and conserve the Traditional Knowledge on plant utilization possessed and practiced by the Murut indigenous communities are deemed necessary before this huge nature treasure is forgotten.

scholarly journals The evolution of traditional knowledge: environment shapes medicinal plant use in Nepal

2014 ◽  
Vol 281 (1780) ◽  
pp. 20132768 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Haris Saslis-Lagoudakis ◽  
Julie A. Hawkins ◽  
Simon J. Greenhill ◽  
Colin A. Pendry ◽  
Mark F. Watson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Geographical Proximity ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Plant Use ◽  
Local Environments ◽  
Evolutionary Relatedness ◽  
Shared Ancestry ◽  
Medicinal Flora

Traditional knowledge is influenced by ancestry, inter-cultural diffusion and interaction with the natural environment. It is problematic to assess the contributions of these influences independently because closely related ethnic groups may also be geographically close, exposed to similar environments and able to exchange knowledge readily. Medicinal plant use is one of the most important components of traditional knowledge, since plants provide healthcare for up to 80% of the world's population. Here, we assess the significance of ancestry, geographical proximity of cultures and the environment in determining medicinal plant use for 12 ethnic groups in Nepal. Incorporating phylogenetic information to account for plant evolutionary relatedness, we calculate pairwise distances that describe differences in the ethnic groups' medicinal floras and floristic environments. We also determine linguistic relatedness and geographical separation for all pairs of ethnic groups. We show that medicinal uses are most similar when cultures are found in similar floristic environments. The correlation between medicinal flora and floristic environment was positive and strongly significant, in contrast to the effects of shared ancestry and geographical proximity. These findings demonstrate the importance of adaptation to local environments, even at small spatial scale, in shaping traditional knowledge during human cultural evolution.

scholarly journals Traditional Medicine for Children among Kaluppini Indigenous People in South Sulawesi

2020 ◽  
pp. 319-331
Author(s):  
Nurbaya Nurbaya ◽  
Wahyu Chandra ◽  
Pramesthi Widya Hapsari
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Traditional Birth Attendants ◽  
Birth Attendants ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Traditional Remedies ◽  
Sick Children

The traditional knowledge about the use of ancestral medicines to cure children was highly valued by the indigenous community and an essential part of their indigenous health system. This study aimed to provide insight into the traditional medication using plant-based medication to children in an indigenous community in South Sulawesi Province. This study was conducted in Kaluppini Village, Enrekang Regency, South Sulawesi. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted both in Bahasa Indonesia and the local language. Informants were traditional birth attendants and mothers of under-five. This study was carried out from January to June 2018. Data were analyzed using thematic coding. It is found that Kaluppini mothers have traditional knowledge of treatment. They used kinds of plants as traditional remedies to cure their children. This traditional medication named as pembollo’ and pejappi. Pembollo’ are traditional plants intended to cure sick children. Kaluppini people believe that pejappi is a collection of traditional plant that can treat kinds of illnesses among children, including to prevent them from supernatural things. Kaluppini indigenous people practice and believe in their traditional plants to cure their children. Traditional birth attendants play a crucial role in providing these traditional plants. Information provided in this study could be a rational basis for health-related stakeholders to develop programs of health education and promotion for indigenous communities.

scholarly journals Gustatory Redemption?

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Craw
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Current Interest ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
The Past ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Culinary History ◽  
Native Foods ◽  
Culinary Practices

In this article, I critique the historical narratives surrounding the consumption of Australian native foods by European settlers. I argue that culinary historians and other commentators present the contemporary consumption of native foods as a means of rejecting the colonial attitudes of the past. In this narrative, early settlers lacked appreciation for Australian native foods and, by extension, Indigenous Australian culture and knowledge. Based on this depiction of colonial history, the current interest in native foods becomes symbolic of a wider revaluing of Australia’s previously denigrated indigenous flora and fauna and Indigenous people. However, as I relate, some early European settlers and their descendants ate a wide variety of native Australian foods. These historical episodes challenge the conventional narrative of Australian culinary history and, in particular, the idea that contemporary consumption constitutes a novel break from past culinary practices. Moreover, as I demonstrate, settler interest in native foods was often consistent with the attitudes that justified and underwrote colonisation. By drawing attention to the role that native foods played in the colonial project, I complicate the idea that recognition of these foods is sufficient to address this history.

scholarly journals Re-Establishing Human-Nature Relations: Responses of Indigenous People of Indonesia to Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 447-472
Author(s):  
Samsul Maarif
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Ecological Disaster ◽  
The World

Abstract Indigenous peoples of the world, including those of Indonesia, were more potentially at risk for Covid-19, due to their being marginalized and thus their lack of access to necessary information resources. Despite being marginalized and vulnerably impacted by the pandemic, indigenous people of Indonesia had re-contextualized their indigenous strategies that enabled them to survive and even offer lessons worth considering: indigenous ecocentrism. Data on their ideas and responses to the pandemic were collected through weekly webinars, featuring representatives of indigenous people as the main speakers, personal calls, and supported by a series of fieldwork, including data on the situation before the pandemic. Their responses to the pandemic were commonly based on ecocentrism; that Covid-19 was an ecological disaster caused by human’s misconducts against humanity and human-nature relations. In response, they took responsibilities to perform eco-centric rituals, and called for a re-establishment of ecological human-nature relations to deal with Covid-19.

scholarly journals Indigenous Wisdom and Folk Healing Practices among Urban Oromo of the Gibe Region in Ethiopia: A Case Study of Jimma and Agaro Towns

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Milkessa Edae ◽  
Fesseha Mulu
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Folk Medicine ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Medicinal Purpose ◽  
Folk Healing ◽  
Philosophical Aspect ◽  
Younger Generation ◽  
Indigenous Wisdom

This folkloric study was aimed at documenting and exploring the utilization, spiritual and philosophical aspect and preparation of folk medicinal plants among the urban Oromo of the Gibe region with reference to Jimma and Agaro town. A total of 14 informants within the age group of 43 to 79 were interviewed several times on different folk medicinal plants. About 25 folk medicinal plants species were classified across 10 types, based on part of the plant used for medicinal purpose, have been documented with their scientific names in the study. The study indicate that folk medicinal plants used by the urban Oromo’s are under serious risk due to external and internal influences. Modernization and acculturation have contributed a lot in making the younger generation unwilling to practice, utilize and preserve traditional knowledge in general and folk medicine in particular. Thus, attention should be given for the preservation of these plants and folk healer’s wisdom.

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