Plant adaptogens in the traditional diet of the nomadic peoples of Central Asia
AUTHORS : Shantanova1 L.N. | Dashiev1 D.B. | Dashiev2 A.D.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : 1Institute of General and Experimental Biology SB RAS, Ulan-Ude, 2East Siberian
State Academy of Culture and Arts. Ulan-Ude
YEAR : 2010
Materials of ethnographic literature and expeditionary research indicate that the
traditional meat and dairy diet of the nomadic Turkic-Mongolian ethnic groups of Central Asia
was supplemented by a significant number of wild plants. Many types of them were used as
substitutes for the medicinal raw materials of Tibetan medicine, which is widespread in this
region. Key words: wild plants, traditional diet, Tibetan medicine.
