XX Symposium of Brazilian Medicinal Plants & X International Congress of Ethnopharmacology
Abstract
XX Symposium of Brazilian Medicinal Plants & X International
Congress of Ethnopharmacology. S. Paulo, Brasil.For the last eight years (2000-2008), three
research ethnobotanical projects have been
carried out in 36 rural communities from the
north-eastern region of Portugal, Trás-os-Montes,
in order to document and report traditional plant
knowledge and uses. This presentation
synthesises the main results related to the
medicinal uses of the wild flora, highlighting the
most quoted species, homemade medicines and
ritual plants involved in therapy
