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| Title: | Ethnomedicinal survey of plants used by the Kanuris of North-eastern Nigeria |
| Authors: | Ene, A C
Atawodi, S E |
| Keywords: | Ethnomedicinal survey
Kanuri tribe
Traditional medicine
Nigeria |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A01D 20/40, A01D 20/00, A01D 11/00, A01D 10/00, A01D 1/00, A01D 6/00, A01D 7/00, A01D 5/17, A01D 8/53 |
| Abstract: | Documentation and
preservation of indigenous knowledge deserve high priority if future
generations are to benefit from it, especially with the current surge of
emerging problems in health, agriculture and pharmaceutical industry. To this
end, a study was conducted to assess and document plant species used in
ethnomedicine by the indigenous Kanuri
tribe of
North-eastern Nigeria.
Based on interview conducted with traditional healers of Kanuri origin residing in Maiduguri,
Borno state, a brief account of 29 plant species used by these people to treat
various ailments is presented here. It is interesting to note that some plants
can be used in treating more than one disease or ailment. The diseases and
ailments whose treatments were covered by the plants identified include
malaria, anemia, paralysis, impotency, diarrhea, leprosy, cough, catarrh,
toothache, ulcer, hypertension, rheumatism, chest pain and general body pain.
The manner in which the traditional healers make their prescriptions showed
that a seventh of the prescriptions contained composite remedies. There is
equally a revelation that a wide range of health problems are treated by the traditional
healers using medicinal plants in various combinations and dosage forms.
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| Page(s): | 640-645 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.11(4) [October 2012]
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