Some herbal remedies from Manzini region of Swaziland

被引：52

作者：

Amusan, TOG ^{[1
]}

Dlamini, PS ^{[1
]}

Msonthi, JD ^{[1
]}

Makhubu, LP ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Swaziland, Swaziland Inst Res Traditional Med Med & Indigeno, Kwaluseni, Swaziland

来源：

JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY | 2002年 / 79卷 / 01期

关键词：

herbal remedies; Manzini region; Swaziland;

D O I：

10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00381-6

中图分类号：

Q94 [植物学];

学科分类号：

071001 ;

摘要：

In this paper, recipes for 41 herbal remedies used for treating 25 illnesses in traditional medicine in Swaziland are reported. Preparation of the herbal remedies involved the use of different parts of 47 species from 32 families, some of which have never been described previously in the flora of Swaziland. Descriptions of the plants used, the preparation of each remedy, dosage, route of administration and medical uses are reported. Some of the diseases the remedies are used to treat include asthma, backache, candidiasis, cardiac problems, cough, diarrhoea, dizziness, eye problems, constipation, menorrhagia, painful shoulders, scabies, threatened abortion, toothache, ulcers and vomiting among others, The remedies were obtained from traditional medical practitioners (TMPs) in an ethnomedical survey carried out in the Manzini region of Swaziland. Voucher samples of the plants used for the remedies were collected, identified and deposited in the National Herbarium of Swaziland. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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