Usos Medicinales de la Familia Labiatae en Chiapas, México

Gabriela  Domínguez-Vázquez; Adriana E. Castro-Ramírez

Gabriela Domínguez-Vázquez El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad San Cristóbal de las Casas Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s/n, Barrio de Ma. Auxiliadora, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. C. P. 29290
Adriana E. Castro-Ramírez El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad San Cristóbal de las Casas Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s/n, Barrio de Ma. Auxiliadora, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. C. P. 29290

Keywords: phyisiographic region; ailment; Salvia; Ocimum; Hyptis

Abstract

The family Labiatae is one of the most diverse families in Chiapas. The information about its uses in folk medicine is scarce, however, and until now there have no been efforts to compile and systematize the information regarding its importance in industry and medicine. Based on herbarium information the species diversity and uses in folk medicine in Chiapas were determined. The herbarium material had poor ethnobotanical information. Fifty species belonging to 17 genera were found to be useful in folk medicine. The uses of Labiatae were closely associated to the treatment of gastrointestinal and respiratory ailments.