Ethnomedicinal plants used by Guoshan Yao minority communities in the foothills of Nanling Mountain, Guangdong, China
Dipak Khadka, Baidong Chen, Yong Xie, Kunchun Shui, Xinyi Zhang, Zhifa Liu, Liyuan Song, Chuhui Zhang, Yuanqiu Li, Tien Ming Lee, Wenbo Liao, Shi Shi, Qiang Fan · 2026
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Dipak Khadka leads a 2026 field study of medicinal plants used by Guoshan Yao communities in the Nanling Mountain foothills of Guangdong, China. Their plant knowledge is fading as society changes and younger people learn less of it. Interviews with 86 household members aged twenty to ninety recorded the plants and how the knowledge passes on.
The team documented 224 medicinal plants, most often used for injuries and bone or joint problems. About three in five people still relied on plants for basic care, though many reported a decline. Knowledge was strongest when it came from parents or from several sources at once. Sharing learning beyond the family could help keep this heritage alive, the authors say.
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| CREATOR | Dipak Khadka, Baidong Chen, Yong Xie, Kunchun Shui, Xinyi Zhang, Zhifa Liu, Liyuan Song, Chuhui Zhang, Yuanqiu Li, Tien Ming Lee, Wenbo Liao, Shi Shi, Qiang Fan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 87941 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |