Ethnophytotherapeutical research in the high Molise region (Central-Southern Italy).

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the years 2003-2005 research was carried out concerning ethno-medicine in the high Molise (central- southern Italy), a region that has been the object of very little investigation from the ethnobotanical point of view. Upper Molise is a continuation of the mountain profiles of the Abruzzi Appenines: a series of hills, steep slopes and deep fluvial valleys making communications difficult. Primordial traditions (e.g. harvest feasts) are typical of the region.

Methods

Field data were collected through open interviews in the field. These were conducted on both an individual and group level, fresh plants gathered from surrounding areas being displayed. In other cases, individual interviews were conducted by accompanying the person involved to the places where they p

SUBMITTER: Guarrera PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2322956 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature