Taibai Materia Medica: Unofficial ‘Herb Physicians’ in North Western China

In a habitat of mountains in North West China, with few roads and covered in forest and rock, mostly autodidact part-time ‘herb physicians’ gather medicinal plants. Around Mount Taibai, the highest spot in the Han-dominated Eastern half of present-day China, they claim geopolitical legitimacy of the...

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Main Author: Lena Springer
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique 2019-04-01
Series:EchoGéo
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/17396