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Objectives:
1) To investigate and classify the medicinal plants resources in some
communities of ethnic minority in provinces like: Lao Cai, Son La, Ha Giang, Hoa
Binh, Lang Son.
2) To investigate the experience in the use of indigenous medicinal plants for
health care of the ethnic minority.
Methods of the research
 Investigation of knowledge and utilization experience on the medicinal plant
is carried out under plants research method of ethnology, assessing the rural,
participated by community and collecting and using the native knowledge [Anon,
1996; Gary J. Martin, 1995]
 Content determination and method of preservation bases on the instruction
documents suggested by WHO, IUCN and WWF
Results and discussion
* Investigating, collecting, and materializing the knowledge and utilization
experience of ethnic minority people.
 Table1:Species of medicinal plants which are used in community popularly
The number of taxon
Investigational location
Species Families
Community of The Dao, Ban Khoang, Lao 345 86
Cai
Community of The Hmong Sa Pa Commune 256 81
Lao Cai
Community of The black H’mong, Ban Khoang 214 76
commune, Sa Pa, Lao Cai province
Community of The Tay, Viet Lam commune, Vi 385 106
Xuyen district, Ha Giang province
Community of The Mường, Chieng Yen 165 69
commune, Moc Chau, Son La province
Community of The Dao Tien, Chieng Yen 189 74
commune, Moc Chau, Son La
Community of The Tay, Trang Dinh district, 276 89
Lang Son province
Community of The Thai, Na Ot commune, Mai 135 72
Chau, Son La
Community of The Dao, Trang Dinh district, 261 84
Lang Son province

Investigation of Medicinal plants and indigenous knowledge