title: Traditional plant-based therapies for respiratory diseases found in North Jeolla Province, Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to record and conserve orally transmitted traditional plant-based therapies for respiratory diseases in North Jeolla Province, Korea.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected with semistructured questionnaires through the participatory rural appraisal method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study reveals that overall, 14 respiratory diseases have been treated with a total of 43 species of medicinal plants belonging to 40 genera in 26 families. This study also reports 149 different modes of plant-based therapeutic application of medicinal material. The informant consensus factor for the common cold is 0.84, the highest among 14 different respiratory ailments, followed by whooping cough, asthma, nosebleed, bronchitis, cough, and so on. Medicinal plants used to treat seven respiratory ailments had a 100% fidelity level.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study can help to preserve the traditional knowledge and local health traditions of North Jeolla Province amid rapid industrialization and urbanization. The findings of this study warrant follow-up clinical research to determine the most effective traditional remedies toward development of herbal medicinal products for integration into the Korean health care system.
authors.affiliation: School of Alternative Medicine and Health Science, Jeonju University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea. hyunk@jj.ac.kr
authors.forename: Hyun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Mi-Jang
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003139:Common Cold / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055670:Medicine, Korean Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts