Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants on Arthritis Used by Chaoshan in Guangdong, China

摘要

Ethnopharmacological relevance: An ethnobotanical survey was conducted to collect information of medicinal plants on Arthritis relating to anti-inflammatory and Analgesia effect by Chaoshan-Shantou People living in Guangdong.Aim of the study: This investigation was to document valuable knowledge represented as Chaoshan herbal medicine.Materials and methods: Information was obtained from interviews and by reviewing studies of Chaoshan and Cantonese reported in the literature.Results: Our data covered 86 species belonging to 82 genera in 52 families. In the search of the PubMed database, there are 28 herbs that have been studied, which have the most anti-inflammatory effects of the herb, followed by analgesia.Conclusions: Due to the rapid disappearance of urbanization and industrialization of traditional culture and natural resources, indicating that the recorded information may be lost forever. Therefore, there is an urgent need to record the value of Chaoshan medicinal knowledge and encourage the transfer to the next generation.