Medicinal dietary plants of the Yi in Mile, Yunnan, China

• Main Authors: Jingxian Sun (Author), Yong Xiong (Author), Yanhong Li (Author), Qingsong Yang (Author), Yijian Chen (Author), Mengyuan Jiang (Author), Yukui Li (Author), Hongrui Li (Author), Zizhen Bi (Author), Xiangzhong Huang (Author), Shugang Lu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The Yi is the largest ethnic group in Yunnan Province (China), with a population of five million. The Yi people tend to live in mountainous areas, and their culture includes a unique dietary system for treating and protecting people against illnesses. Medicinal plants occupy an e...