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Traditional medicine in Fiji: Some herbal folk cures used by Fiji Indians
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Traditional medicine has been practised in the South Pacific country of Fiji by almost all ethnic groups, both indigenous and immigrant. This paper reports on a survey on traditional medicinal practices in one major group, the Fiji Indians, who came from India in late 19th and early 20th century. The extent of knowledge and skills possessed by traditional healers and lay people, the plants and plant materials used by them for herbal remedies, parallel uses in India of the various plant species and their biodynamic properties are presented.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Singh, Y. N.
- Affiliations
- University of the South Pacific (FJ)
- Corresponding author
- Singh, Yadhu N.
- Venue
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1986-01
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 57-88
- ISSN
- 0378-8741 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2034338692
- Cited by
- 158
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 1.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Names and Ethnobotany
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
- Keywords
- traditional medicine, herbal medicine, traditional healers, medicinal plants, ethnobotany, Indian immigrants, Fiji
- MeSH terms
- Fiji, Humans, India, Phytotherapy, Plants, Medicinal
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