In Brazil, it is estimated that there are almost 55,000 native species, at least 1,200 documented medicinal plants, and probably many more undocumented species used by various indigenous groups [153]. It can be expected that natural medicines, particularly herbal medicine, will make a growing ...
Indigenous traditional medicine: in vitro anti-giardial activity of plants used in the treatment of diarrhea The ethnopharmacology for treatment of parasitic infections facilitates and directs the search for new chemical entities. In this direction, this study eva... CLC Brandelli,RB Giordani,GAD Car...
Medicine manMedicine womanCeremonyCulture determines how one views illness and thus, their choice of healing to seek treatment for disease processes. Traditional indigenous healing is an ancient holistic approach used today by some Native Americans to resolve health care problems. This article presents ...
respondents purposely sampled to shareknowledge about the use of indigenous plant-derived medicine for preventive health care.Results: The results of the study revealed six indigenous plant species belonging to six families identified as sources of medicineadministered for preventive care of primary health...
This chapter is about the role of indigenous traditional medicine (hereafter referred to as ITM, traditional medicine) in Ghana. It is based on the premise that ITM has great potential of improving...Nimoh, Sarfo K.SensePublishersNimoh, K. S. (2014). Indigenous Traditional Medicine in Ghana...
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) consists of a plethora of therapeutic approaches aiming to both characterize and treat diseases. Its utilizatio
Indigenous cultures such as Rome, Egypt, Iran, Africa and America used herbs in their healing rituals, while other developed traditional medical systems such as Unani, Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine in which herbal therapies were used systematically. Ornamental plants and bioactive compounds Olive ...
Examples include Zapotec and Nahuatl. So, don’t be surprised if you find names from these indigenous languages on our list. (5) Also, because Spanish is a “romance language” with Latin roots, many Mexican names can be related to Italian, Romanian, Portuguese, French, and similar ...
Plants in indigenous medicine and diet: Biobehavioural approaches. Edited by: Etkin NL. 1986, Bedford Hill, New York: Redgrave Publisher, 91-112. Google Scholar Höft M, Barik SK, Lykke AM: Quantitative ethnobotany: applications of multivariate and statistical analyses in ethnobotany. People ...
In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is regarded as the origin of herbal medicine. Traditional healers in Saudi Arabia are referred to as Hakims, and they possess a plethora of indigenous knowledge on tribal and cultural medicine. They have herb collections that are geographically scattered around ...