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Table 1 Profiles of local Shui healers

From: Diversity and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used by Shui people in Southwest China

Region

Records

Gender

Average age

Types of Shui doctors

Age of Shui doctors

Number of plants recognized

Male

Female

I

II

III

< 40

40–60

> 60

Jiuqian Township

5

5

 

44

3

1

1

1

3

1

213

Zhouqin Township

2

2

 

64

2

   

1

1

242

Dujiang Township

2

2

 

56

1

1

  

1

1

181

Dahe Township

2

2

 

53

1

 

1

1

1

 

205

Zhonghe Township

1

 

1

48

1

   

1

 

214

Pu’an Township

3

2

1

60

2

 

1

 

1

2

215

Total

15

13

2

54

10

2

3

2

8

5

 

Number of plants recognized

       

127

204

236

 
  1. I—learnt from parents; II—learnt by self; III—learnt from teacher or master
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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