Ethnomedicine has gained a lot of recognition in post-independence Zimbabwe and yet little research on anti-fertility medicines has been done. Information on plants used as anti-fertility medicines was obtained by interviewing women, men, traditional healers and traditional midwives in urban Harare and surrounding rural areas of Mvurwi, Seke and Chiweshe. The use of 31 species belonging to 17 f...

The Bhils are inhabitants of Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone and Ratlam distrcits of Madhya Pradesh. A large number of Bhils live in the neighbouring States of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan. They constitute the third largest tribe of India; the first two being Gonds and Santhals. They utilize a large number of plant species occurring wild in the district as herbal remedies in various diseases and a...

BACKGROUND This work focuses on plant-based preparations that the Aguaruna Jivaro of Peru give to hunting dogs. Many plants are considered to improve dogs' sense of smell or stimulate them to hunt better, while others treat common illnesses that prevent dogs from hunting. This work places canine ethnoveterinary medicine within the larger context of Aguaruna ethnomedicine, by testing the followi...

objective: annona senegalenesis pers is a sprawling shrub belonging to the family annonaceae, and is mainly used in ethnomedicine. the use of decoction of a. senegalenesis is very prominent in the management of various conditions ranging from bacterial infection, worm infestation,  snake bites, pyrexia and febrile convulsion in folk medicine. methods: the investigation on anticonvulsant activit...

background: finding scientific data from the holy qur'an is an old trend, which emerge newly with rise of modern science. in the literature, we have found that total number of medicinal plants cited in the holy qur'an varies author to author. objective: the aim of this study was to indentify the plants mentioned in the holy qur'an and to confirm the botanical name with other relevant informatio...

D on Jose,” an experienced traditional healer in his 60s, concentrated his gaze on his middle-aged p atient, looking carefully into her eyes as she re c i ted her symptoms. “I am fatigued, frequently with pain in my abdomen, and have a feeling of fullness. My periods are so heavy—I notice that I pass huge clots of blood which look dark and deep red,” she noted. He reached tow a rd her and held ...