Notes about the uses of plants by one of the last healers in the Basilicata Region (South Italy)
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Auteurs : Vincenzo Montesano [Italie] ; Donatella Negro [Italie] ; Giulio Sarli [Italie] ; Antonino De Lisi [Italie] ; Gaetano Laghetti [Italie] ; Karl Hammer [Allemagne]Source :
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Abstract
The paper refers to the knowledge and uses of plants and to the linked ritual practices as referred by Matteo (It.
After obtaining prior informed consent, we collected data through an open interview about the uses of the plants and on the associated ritual practices. For each species, data were collected that included the vernacular names, preparation, plant parts utilized and their method of use.
The uses of 52 taxa are described. Among these, 43 are or were employed medicinally, eight as culinary foodstuffs, and 4 for domestic, handicraft or ethnoveterinary uses.
Among the major findings: the ritual and magical use of
Phytotherapy in the Basilicata region is practiced by elderly people who resort to medicinal plants for mild illnesses; we interviewed one of those traditional healers who is very experienced in the field, and possesses rich ethno-pharmacological knowledge.
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Particular attention is also paid to the uses of <italic>‘Vruca’</italic> (<italic>Tamarix gallica</italic> L.) as a medicinal and magical plant used to heal common warts on various parts of the body.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>After obtaining prior informed consent, we collected data through an open interview about the uses of the plants and on the associated ritual practices. For each species, data were collected that included the vernacular names, preparation, plant parts utilized and their method of use.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>The uses of 52 taxa are described. Among these, 43 are or were employed medicinally, eight as culinary foodstuffs, and 4 for domestic, handicraft or ethnoveterinary uses.</p><p>Among the major findings: the ritual and magical use of <italic>Tamarix gallica</italic> L. to heal warts is described in detail; so far, no records of similar use were found in any Italian ethnobotanical studies conducted in southern Italy.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Phytotherapy in the Basilicata region is practiced by elderly people who resort to medicinal plants for mild illnesses; we interviewed one of those traditional healers who is very experienced in the field, and possesses rich ethno-pharmacological knowledge.</p></sec></div></front><back><div1 type="bibliography"><listBibl><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Fabricant, Ds" uniqKey="Fabricant D">DS Fabricant</name></author><author><name sortKey="Farnsworth, Nr" uniqKey="Farnsworth N">NR 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Ethnobiol Ethnomed</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">J Ethnobiol Ethnomed</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">1746-4269</issn><publisher><publisher-name>BioMed Central</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">22546322</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">3484037</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1746-4269-8-15</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1186/1746-4269-8-15</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Notes about the uses of plants by one of the last healers in the Basilicata Region (South Italy)</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes" id="A1"><name><surname>Montesano</surname><given-names>Vincenzo</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">1</xref><email>vincenzo.montesano@igv.cnr.it</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" id="A2"><name><surname>Negro</surname><given-names>Donatella</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">1</xref><email>donatella.negro@igv.cnr.it</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" id="A3"><name><surname>Sarli</surname><given-names>Giulio</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">1</xref><email>giulio.sarli@igv.cnr.it</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" id="A4"><name><surname>De Lisi</surname><given-names>Antonino</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">1</xref><email>antonino.delisi@igv.cnr.it</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" id="A5"><name><surname>Laghetti</surname><given-names>Gaetano</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">1</xref><email>gaetano.laghetti@igv.cnr.it</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" id="A6"><name><surname>Hammer</surname><given-names>Karl</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I2">2</xref><email>khammer.gat@t-online.de</email></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="I1"><label>1</label>National Research Council, Institute of Plant Genetics, Via Amendola, 165/A, Bari, 70125, Italy</aff><aff id="I2"><label>2</label>Institute of Crop Science, former Professor of Agrobiodiversity c/o University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany</aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2012</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>4</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>8</volume><fpage>15</fpage><lpage>15</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>28</day><month>12</month><year>2011</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>30</day><month>4</month><year>2012</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright ©2012 Montesano et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2012</copyright-year><copyright-holder>Montesano et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.</copyright-holder><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0"><license-p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0</ext-link>), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/8/1/15"></self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Background</title><p>The paper refers to the knowledge and uses of plants and to the linked ritual practices as referred by Matteo (It.<italic>‘Zì Matteo’,</italic> En. <italic>‘Uncle Matthew’</italic>), one of the last elder healers in the Basilicata Region (South Italy). Particular attention is also paid to the uses of <italic>‘Vruca’</italic> (<italic>Tamarix gallica</italic> L.) as a medicinal and magical plant used to heal common warts on various parts of the body.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>After obtaining prior informed consent, we collected data through an open interview about the uses of the plants and on the associated ritual practices. For each species, data were collected that included the vernacular names, preparation, plant parts utilized and their method of use.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>The uses of 52 taxa are described. Among these, 43 are or were employed medicinally, eight as culinary foodstuffs, and 4 for domestic, handicraft or ethnoveterinary uses.</p><p>Among the major findings: the ritual and magical use of <italic>Tamarix gallica</italic> L. to heal warts is described in detail; so far, no records of similar use were found in any Italian ethnobotanical studies conducted in southern Italy.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Phytotherapy in the Basilicata region is practiced by elderly people who resort to medicinal plants for mild illnesses; we interviewed one of those traditional healers who is very experienced in the field, and possesses rich ethno-pharmacological knowledge.</p></sec></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Traditional healer</kwd><kwd><italic>Tamarix gallica</italic></kwd><kwd>Basilicata region (Italy)</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></pmc></record>Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)
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