@article{fdi:010076126,
  title = {{H}mong herbal medicine and herbalists in {L}ao {PDR} : pharmacopeia and knowledge transmission},
  author = {{D}ubost, {J}. {M}. and {P}hakeovilay, {C}. and {H}er, {C}. and {B}ochaton, {A}. and {E}lliott, {E}. and {D}eharo, {E}ric and {X}ayvue, {M}. and {B}ouamanivong, {S}. and {B}ourdy, {G}enevi{\`e}ve},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground{I}n {L}ao {PDR}, the {H}mong ethnic group has extensive knowledge about the use of medicinal plants. {H}owever, despite the importance of the {H}mong pharmacopeia as a primary health care resource, no study has been undertaken to thoroughly document medicinal plant knowledge and its transmission. {O}bjectives of this study are (i) to describe and characterize {H}mong pharmacopeia, and (ii) to understand how medicinal plant knowledge is transmitted and spread among {H}mong in {L}ao {PDR}, in order to assess whether this knowledge base is under threat.{M}ethods{I}n order to describe {H}mong pharmacopeia, a total of 14 interlocutors were interviewed in three provinces ({B}okeo, {X}ieng {K}houang, and {V}ientiane), using walk in the wood methodology. {T}o gain insight about knowledge transmission, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 people. {T}wenty of them were herbalists. {D}ata analysis was performed using univariate analysis for the description of the pharmacopeia. {M}edicinal plant knowledge consistency was assessed through use and plant name overlapping. {A}nswers to the semi-structured interview on knowledge transmission were analyzed qualitatively.{R}esults{T}hree hundred thirty-three different medicinal species were collected. {T}he majority of uses attributed to plants were gastrointestinal conditions (22% of total use reports), gynecological conditions and sexually transmitted disease (12%), skin affections (8%), kidney and bladder problems (5%), physical traumas (5%), and aphrodisiac (or male tonics; 5%). {U}se convergences are more marked in the gynecological sphere, but there is a strong heterogeneity in practices and knowledge. {M}edicinal plant knowledge transmission is oral, gained from direct experience since childhood, matrilineal, and kept strictly within the family lineage. {A}pparent limited consensus on uses might stem from the method of knowledge transmission and to the economic value given to medicinal plants.{D}iscussion{U}se pattern of species from the {H}mong pharmacopeia does not appear to be strikingly different from the national {L}ao pharmacopeia. {D}ifferences may lie in the methods and reasons for knowledge transmission. {I}t can be proposed that the economic value given to plants helps in keeping the knowledge alive, and encourages its transmission.{C}onclusion{H}mong traditional medicine is constantly evolving in a dynamic process and aims to respond to health problems faced by the local population. {H}erbalists appear as health fully fledged actors and should be recognized and valued as such.},
  keywords = {{H}mong ; {M}edicinal plant ; {L}ao {PDR} ; {P}harmacopeia ; {T}raditional medicine ; {TEK} ; {K}nowledge transmission ; {LAOS}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {E}thnobiology and {E}thnomedicine},
  volume = {15},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 27 [15 ]},
  ISSN = {1746-4269},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1186/s13002-019-0307-2},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010076126},
}