Publications by authors named "Y Addi"
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: The Yi people in the Xiaoliangshan region in southwest China have a unique practice of combining ritual treatment and traditional medicine to care for patients. Despite increasing urbanization in the area, they have managed to preserve their distinctive lifestyle and extensive knowledge of traditional medicinal plants, setting them apart from other regions. However, there is a lack of systematic documentation on the knowledge of traditional medicinal plants used by the Yi people in Xiaoliangshan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: COVID-19 is a true global pandemic since March 2020, and it is responsible in the majority of patients mild symptoms; however, a small number of patients progress to the severe form with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and some of them progress to the very severe form which can be fatal when it comes to multiorgan failure. Thus, it is important to identify as early as possible patients at high risk of progressing to severe forms requiring early and specialized management in order to reduce mortality.
Methods: Our five-month retrospective study (May 2020 - October 2020) included 300 SARS-CoV-2 patients confirmed by RT-PCR and hospitalized in the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Center (CMIT), and in the Intensive Care Unit of the Military Hospital of instructions Mohamed V of Rabat (Morocco).
Introduction: Plant resources gathered from the wild are important sources of livelihood needs, especially for low-income populations living in remote areas, who rely on these plants for food, fuelwood, medicine and building materials. Yadong County is a valley at the border between the China, India and Bhutan in southern Tibet. Yadong is rich in biodiversity and culture, but ethnobotanical knowledge has not been systematically studied.
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- The study investigates the folk plant naming practices of the Yi people in Xiaoliangshan, Yunnan Province, to document their unique botanical nomenclature, which has not been systematically researched before.
- Conducted over two years, the survey involved interviews with 266 informants, leading to the identification of 228 indigenous plants based on local characteristics, usage, and cultural context.
- Results show that while there are similarities in plant names between the Yi communities in Xiaoliangshan and Daliangshan, each area also has unique naming conventions, highlighting the cultural and environmental influences on their plant nomenclature.