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An examination of medicinal ethnobotany and biomedicine use in two villages on the Phnom Kulen plateau Taylor J. Walker Hollins University Roanoke, VA, United States Center for Mekong Studies, The School for Field Studies Siem Reap, Cambodia Research Advisor: Lisa Arensen, Ph.D. 5 May 2016 Contents Figures...................................................................................................................................... iii Tables ....................................................................................................................................... iii Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................... iii Transliteration key .................................................................................................................... iv Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................... v Declaration ................................................................................................................................. v Abstract ..................................................................................................................................... vi Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 Methods...................................................................................................................................... 4 Study site ........................................................................................................................ 4 Data collection ............................................................................................................... 5 Data analysis and processing ......................................................................................... 5 Limitations ..................................................................................................................... 6 Results and discussion ............................................................................................................... 7 Respondent demographics ............................................................................................. 7 Results ................................................................................................................ 7 Discussion .......................................................................................................... 7 Expansion of the SFS taxonomy on the medicinal plants of PKNP .............................. 7 Results ................................................................................................................ 7 Discussion .......................................................................................................... 8 Medicinal ethnobotany on the plateau ........................................................................... 8 Results ................................................................................................................ 8 Discussion ........................................................................................................ 10 Medicating illness on the plateau ................................................................................. 14 Results .............................................................................................................. 14 Discussion ........................................................................................................ 16 Conclusion and recommendations ........................................................................................... 21 References ................................................................................................................................ 22 Appendix 1: Topic guide for semi-structured interviews ........................................................ 27 Appendix 2: Medicinal plant taxonomy of PKNP ................................................................... 28 Appendix 3: Ethnopharmacopoeia of PKNP ........................................................................... 41 Appendix 4: Glossary of uses for medicinal plants in PKNP .................................................. 67 Asthma ......................................................................................................................... 67 Bone, nerve and muscle pain ....................................................................................... 67 Bites ............................................................................................................................. 67 i Centipede ......................................................................................................... 67 Mosquito .......................................................................................................... 67 Snake ................................................................................................................ 67 Cardiac problems ......................................................................................................... 67 Daily tonics (energy, circulation) ................................................................................ 67 Dental carries, gingivitis .............................................................................................. 67 Diabetes........................................................................................................................ 67 Fever ............................................................................................................................ 67 Gastrointestinal illness ................................................................................................. 68 Abdominal pain ................................................................................................ 68 Intestinal blockage, constipation ...................................................................... 68 Vomiting, diarrhea, gastroenteritis, dysentery ................................................. 68 Headaches, migraines .................................................................................................. 68 Hepatitis, liver disease ................................................................................................. 68 Infectious disease not otherwise specified ................................................................... 68 Colds, sinus blockage, upper respiratory infections ........................................ 68 Chicken pox ..................................................................................................... 68 Malaria ............................................................................................................. 68 Measles, scarlet fever ....................................................................................... 69 Throat infections .............................................................................................. 69 Medicine enhancement ................................................................................................ 69 Sweetness ......................................................................................................... 69 Fragrance.......................................................................................................... 69 Effectiveness .................................................................................................... 69 Nutrition ....................................................................................................................... 69 Pregnancy ..................................................................................................................... 69 Appetite ............................................................................................................ 69 Delivery............................................................................................................ 69 Fetal and maternal health ................................................................................. 69 Fever during pregnancy ................................................................................... 69 Intrauterine infection following delivery ......................................................... 69 Lactagogue ....................................................................................................... 69 Postpartum care ...............................................................................................