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In two Nepalese villages it was found that 66 plant species were being used for medicinal purposes. Although the treatment of patients by the medicine man, or “jhankri,” included extensive ritual elements, at least 17 of the species prescribed could be expected on pharmacological evidence to produce the therapeutic effects attributed to them. Some medicinal plants were also used as insecticides or piscicides. It was recognised in the villages that the use of these latter species as human food or animal fodder was limited by the presence of toxic constituents.
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66 espèces de plantes ont été trouvées dans deux villages népaloises qui sont utilisées pour l'application médicale. Malgré que des soins médicaux par le guérisseur, ou “jhankri,” contenaient des éléments détaillés rituels, au moins 17 espèces prescrites ont été présumées de produire des preuves pharmacologiques qui sont créditées à ces espèces. Quelques plantes médicales ont aussi été utilisées comme insecticide ou piscicide. Dans les villages on fait attention que l'utilisation des espèces dernières comme nourriture humaine ou fourrage pour des animaux est limitée à cause de la présence des composantes toxiques.
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Joshi, A.R., Edington, J.M. The use of medicinal plants by two village communities in the central development region of Nepal. Econ Bot 44, 71–83 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02861069
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