Through millennia of trial and error, indigenous people have gained substantial knowledge of medicinal plants which has been transmitted from generation to generation as part of oral traditions [12,13]. However, concerns are being raised about the loss of native knowledge and the possible extinction ...
The boreal forest of Canada is home to several hundred thousands Aboriginal people who have been using medicinal plants in traditional health care systems for thousands of years. This knowledge, transmitted by oral tradition from generation to generation
Learn how wild herbs, shrubs, and trees are used for edible, medicinal, and craft purposes. Based east of the Rockies out of Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
A total of two ferns and allied plants, two sedges and grasses, six trees, four shrubs, one vine and 33 herbs were identified. These plants were accumulated through interviews with native Elders and a survey of ethnobotanical literature on northern Canadian species of medicinal plants. We also...
Aboriginal communities in the northern Ontario region utilize an abundance of locally grown medicinal plants. However, no prior documentation or phytochemical studies on the northern Ontario medicinal plants existed in literature. This prompted me to exploit the ethnobotanical resources in this region ...
(Lettuce Opium, Wild Lettuce, Bitter Lettuce) Overwintering annual or biennial. Native to Central and Southern Europe. Young plants of giant wild lettuce are a good ingredient for heroic salads. I eat the leaves freely in the winter to early spring. This is the most cold hardy of all lettu...
some Irulas go to local villages to trade or sell honey, honey wax, firewood, wild fruits, yams, wild Carissa, Manilkara and Solanum berries and other native herbal products. This supports a productive and localized non-timber forest product (NTFP) industry, which supports many families. The ...
Cherokee Aromatic Medicinal Plants Currently in Use as Herbal Medicines 3.1. Achillea millefolium L. Achillea millefolium (yarrow) is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere but has been introduced worldwide [510]. The traditional medical uses of A. millefolium have been reviewed and ...