Commentary on "Cultural conservation of medicinal plant use in the Ozarks."(response to article by Justin Nolan and Michael Robbins, Human Organization, vol. 58, p. 67, 1999)

Article Abstract:

The medicinal plant knowledge of the Western Cherokees of Arkansas and Missouri is discussed. In the article by Justin Nolan and Michael Robbins on medicinal plant use in the Ozarks, the ethnicity of the informants was not described.

Cherokees

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Ethnobotany and ethnicity in the Ozarks: a reply to Jones

Article Abstract:

The role of ethnicity in medicinal plant knowledge in the Ozarks is discussed, in response to points raised by Timothy W. Jones. The dynamic nature of medicinal plant knowledge is also stressed.

United States, Ethnobotany

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Cultural conservation of medicinal plant use in the Ozarks

Article Abstract:

The cultural preservation of folk medicine in 14 communities located in the Ozark Mountain region of Arkansas and Missouri has been explored. Six relevant socioeconomic and demographic factors have been investigated in relation to the number of times medicinal plants were used in each community. Results indicated medicinal plant use is inversely proportional to a community's dependence on commercially available drugs through a process called delocalization. As communities undergo delocalization, traditional beliefs are relinquished in favor of urban practices.

Medicine, Herbal, Herbal medicine, Folk medicine, Traditional medicine

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