The study of plant lore and agricultural customs of a people. In the fields of ETHNOMEDICINE and ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, the emphasis is on traditional medicine and the existence and medicinal uses of PLANTS and PLANT EXTRACTS and their constituents, both historically and in modern times.

Annotation

specialty; coordinate with geographic term or ethnic group if pertinent; coordinate NIM with specific drug or plant (IM) for ethnobotany aspects of the plant

DUI

D019448 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0028935

Previous indexing

Medicine, Traditional (1979-1996); Plants, Medicinal (1970-1996)

History note

97

Public note

97