The purpose of this study is to analyze traditional knowledge of medicinal plants, animals and fungi from the data of collected in Sallimgyeongje (Farm Management, 17-18th century) written by Hong Man-Seon (1643-1715).
Quantitative analysis were accom...
The purpose of this study is to analyze traditional knowledge of medicinal plants, animals and fungi from the data of collected in Sallimgyeongje (Farm Management, 17-18th century) written by Hong Man-Seon (1643-1715).
Quantitative analysis were accomplished using informant consensus factor (ICF) and fidelity level (FL).
A total of 1,085 traditional knowledge collected from Sallimgyeongje were classified into 137 families, 237 genera, and 275 species that included plants, animals, and fungi.
The representative families were Fabaceae (8.91%) followed by Liliaceae (5.51%), Zingiberaceae (4.41%), and Phasianidae (4.13%). On the whole, 62 kinds of used parts were used. Roots were most frequently used parts, constituting 25.99% of the whole followed by seeds (13.13%), leaves (6.98%), fruits (6.61%), and aerial part (4.13%). The total number of preparation methods for the medicinal materials was thirty-one: decoction (23.05%), juice (18.46%), paste (13.68%), powder (9.92%), and raw (6.80%).
The informant consensus factor values in the category of diseases were poisonings (0.55), followed by others (0.46) and cut and wounds (0.4). According to fidelity levels, 118 species resulted in fidelity levels of 100%.
The results suggest that medicinal resource such as plants, animals and fungi expected as new materials of medicine in the development of agriculture biotechnology.
Keyword : Sallimgyeongje, traditional knowledge, ethnopharmacological resource, informant consensus factor, fidelity level