[MPWG] NEWS: Review of Traditional Use of Medicinal Plants in the Boreal Forest of Canada

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/8/1/7/abstract

Review
Traditional use of medicinal plants in the boreal forest of Canada: Review 
and perspectives
Yadav Uprety, Hugo Asselin, Archana Dhakal and Nancy Julien

Background

The boreal forest of Canada is home to several hundred thousands 
Aboriginal people who have been using medicinal plants in traditional 
health care systems for thousands of years. This knowledge, transmitted by 
oral tradition from generation to generation, has been eroding in recent 
decades due to rapid cultural change. Until now, published reviews about 
traditional uses of medicinal plants in boreal Canada have focused either 
on particular Aboriginal groups or on restricted regions. Here, we present 
a review of traditional uses of medicinal plants by the Aboriginal people 
of the entire Canadian boreal forest in order to provide comprehensive 
documentation, identify research gaps, and suggest perspectives for future 
research.

See the link above for open access to the review.