Version 1
: Received: 4 October 2023 / Approved: 5 October 2023 / Online: 10 October 2023 (13:22:32 CEST)
How to cite:
Grenoble, L.A.; Malysheva, N.; Turantaeva, N. Ethnobotany of the Sakha People: Traditional Medicine, Rites, and Food Culture. Preprints2023, 2023100559. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0559.v1
Grenoble, L.A.; Malysheva, N.; Turantaeva, N. Ethnobotany of the Sakha People: Traditional Medicine, Rites, and Food Culture. Preprints 2023, 2023100559. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0559.v1
Grenoble, L.A.; Malysheva, N.; Turantaeva, N. Ethnobotany of the Sakha People: Traditional Medicine, Rites, and Food Culture. Preprints2023, 2023100559. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0559.v1
APA Style
Grenoble, L.A., Malysheva, N., & Turantaeva, N. (2023). Ethnobotany of the Sakha People: Traditional Medicine, Rites, and Food Culture. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0559.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Grenoble, L.A., Ninel Malysheva and Nina Turantaeva. 2023 "Ethnobotany of the Sakha People: Traditional Medicine, Rites, and Food Culture" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0559.v1
Abstract
The Sakha people have a long history of use of medicinal plants in traditional medicine and healing practices. This article explores the use and naming practices found with 10 plants that grow in far northeastern Russia, in the Arctic and Subarctic zones of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). A field survey of 2500 participants was used to identify the most widely used medicinal plants, their names, and uses. Findings were double-checked with published resources. A small set of criteria are used in naming practices. These practices are based on the plant’s appearance, its habit, or in some way are related to their use, indexing the disease, or the diseased organ, or the result of healing. We find robust knowledge and practice of traditional medicine across the Sakha population, and deep knowledge of plants among Sakha herbalists, healers and shamans.
Keywords
Sakha; traditional medicine; plant names; healing; medicinal plants; Arctic
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Plant Sciences
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
