Notes about the uses of plants by one of the last healers in the Basilicata Region (South Italy)

Notes about the uses of plants by one of the last healers in the Basilicata Region (South Italy)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The paper refers to the knowledge and uses of plants and to the linked ritual practices as referred by Matteo (It.<it>‘Zì Matteo’,</it> En. <it>‘Uncle Matthew’</it>), one of the last elder healers in the Basil...

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Main Authors: Montesano Vincenzo, Negro Donatella, Sarli Giulio, De Lisi Antonino, Laghetti Gaetano, Hammer Karl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Traditional healer
<it>Tamarix gallica</it>
Basilicata region (Italy)
Online Access:http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/8/1/15

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