Plants used as medicines by the indigenous Malay of Pahang, Malaysia
The importance of herbs and medicinal plants in traditional healthcare practices among the indigenous Malay, and the clues that ethnobotanical information may provide to future areas of research in biodiversity utilization is well recognized in Malaysia. Keeping this in view the present study was in...
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my.iium.irep.575812018-01-11T00:54:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57581/ Plants used as medicines by the indigenous Malay of Pahang, Malaysia Nordin, Mohd Shukor Zakaria, Nor Hafizah R Medicine (General) The importance of herbs and medicinal plants in traditional healthcare practices among the indigenous Malay, and the clues that ethnobotanical information may provide to future areas of research in biodiversity utilization is well recognized in Malaysia. Keeping this in view the present study was initiated. The study aimed to look into the diversity of plant resources that are used by the local Malay in the state of Pahang for curing various ailments. Questionnaire surveys, participatory observations and respondent-guided visits to several forest, forest reserves and villages were made to illicit information on the uses of various plants. Eleven Malay traditional medicine practitioners participated as respondents in the study. It was found that 112 plant species are used by the local Malay in Pahang for curing illness such as headache, body ache, constipation, indigestion, cold, fever, diarrhoea, dysentery, wounds, skin diseases, urinary problems, bone fractures and several others. In most of the cases, the root part (or locally referred to as “akar”) of the plants are used. The plant species are presented together with scientific names and its medicinal use. Keywords: Ethnobotany, traditional medicine, ethnic Malay, herbs, medicinal plant IndianJournals.com 2016-06 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57581/1/57581_Plants%20used%20as%20medicines.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57581/7/57581_Plants%20used%20as%20medicines%20by%20the%20indigenous%20Malay%20of%20Pahang%2C%20Malaysia_SCOPUS.pdf Nordin, Mohd Shukor and Zakaria, Nor Hafizah (2016) Plants used as medicines by the indigenous Malay of Pahang, Malaysia. Medicinal Plants, 8 (2). pp. 142-150. ISSN 0975-4261 http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:mpijpri&volume=8&issue=2&article=007&type=pdf 10.5958/0975-6892.2016.00017.4 |
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The importance of herbs and medicinal plants in traditional healthcare practices among the indigenous Malay, and the clues that ethnobotanical information may provide to future areas of research in biodiversity utilization is well recognized in Malaysia. Keeping this in view the present study was initiated. The study aimed to look into the diversity of plant resources that are used by the local Malay in the state of Pahang for curing various ailments. Questionnaire surveys, participatory observations and respondent-guided visits to several forest, forest reserves and villages were made to illicit information on the uses of various plants. Eleven Malay traditional medicine practitioners participated as respondents in the study. It was found that 112 plant species are used by the local Malay in Pahang for curing illness such as headache, body ache, constipation, indigestion, cold, fever, diarrhoea, dysentery, wounds, skin diseases, urinary problems, bone fractures and several others. In most of the cases, the root part (or locally referred to as “akar”) of the plants are used. The plant species are presented together with scientific names and its medicinal use.
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