title: New categories for traditional medicine in the Economic Botany Data Collection Standard.
abstract: The Economic Botany Data Collection Standard (EBDCS) has been successfully followed by ethnobotanists investigating plant uses in many parts of the world. However, we have encountered some cases in our study of traditional medicine where the standard seems incomplete and inaccurate when it is applied to plant uses of rural or indigenous societies in developing countries. We propose two categories to be added to the EBDCS: Cultural Diseases and Disorders, and Ritual/Magical Uses. Adding these categories, we believe will give a more accurate insight into traditional medicine and will contribute to developing an integrative ethnomedicinal data collection protocol, which will make ethnomedicinal studies more comparable.
authors: Department of Bioscience - Research Group Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University, Build. 1540, Ny Munkegade 114, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Gruca
authors: Departamento de Biología, Área de Botánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Calle Darwin 2, ES- 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors: Rodrigo
authors: R
authors: Cámara-Leret
authors: Departamento de Biología, Área de Botánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Calle Darwin 2, ES- 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors: Manuel J
authors: MJ
authors: Macía
authors: Department of Bioscience - Research Group Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University, Build. 1540, Ny Munkegade 114, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Electronic address: henrik.balslev@biology.au.dk.
authors: Henrik
authors: H
authors: Balslev
mesh_terms: D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D019448:Ethnobotany / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008273:Magic; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000592:standards; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts
keywords: Cultural diseases and disorders; Ethnobotany; Ethnomedicine; Medicinal plant classification; Ritual and magical uses; Traditional knowledge