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Indigenous plant remedies in Zimbabwe.
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Two household surveys undertaken in Zimbabwe between 1981 and 1983 revealed extensive use of indigenous plant remedies in the home-management of childhood diarrhoea and many adult illnesses, underscores the need for further study of indigenous pharmacopoeias and the therapeutic properties of plants.About:
This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 1985-11-01. It has received 39 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Indigenous.read more
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Antibacterial activities of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diarrhoea in Limpopo Province, South Africa
TL;DR: The results obtained appeared to confirm the antibacterial potential of the plants investigated, and their usefulness in the treatment of diarrhoea.
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Screening Tanzanian medicinal plants for antimalarial activity
TL;DR: In vitro testing revealed that 37% of the investigated plants showed strong antimalarial activity with IC50 values below 10 micrograms/ml, and the four most active plants included Cissampelos mucronata, Maytenus senegalensis, Salacia madagascariensis and Zanthoxylum chalybeum.
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Review on plants with CNS-effects used in traditional South African medicine against mental diseases.
TL;DR: Ethnobotanical information on plants used by the traditional healers in South Africa to treat mental illnesses, specifically epilepsy, depression, age-related dementia and debilitative mental disorders is presented.
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Ethnobotanical survey in Canhane village, district of Massingir, Mozambique: medicinal plants and traditional knowledge.
TL;DR: The data compiled in this study show the social importance of the surveyed plants being a contribution to the documentation of PGR at the national and regional level.
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Plants used for treating respiratory infections in rural Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the knowledge that the lay people of a rural community in northern Maputaland have about medicinal plants used in the vicinity to treat respiratory infections.
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The magnitude of the global problem of acute diarrhoeal disease: a review of active surveillance data.
J. D. Snyder,Michael H. Merson +1 more
TL;DR: Morbidity rates were found to be highest in the 6-11 month age group, while the mortality rates were greatest in infants under 1 year of age and children 1 year old.
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Berberine inhibits intestinal secretory response of Vibrio cholerae and Escherichia coli enterotoxins.
R B Sack,J L Froehlich +1 more
TL;DR: Berberine, an alkaloid from the plant Berberis aristata, inhibited by approximately 70% the secretory responses of the heat-labile enterotoxins of Vibrio cholerae and Escherichia coli in the rabbit ligated intestinal loop model, providing a rationale for its apparent clinical usefulness in treating acute diarrheal disease.
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Perceptions of childhood diarrhoea and its treatment in rural Zimbabwe
TL;DR: Home management was common and comprised the administration of indigenous herbal remedies, of sugar and salt solutions, of over-the-counter drugs or of enemas, and there was a low demand for indigenous herbalists (n'angas).
Traditional medicine in modern health care.
TL;DR: In this article, a discussion is presented on techniques of health in ayurvedic and Chinese medicine plants and herbal medicines and the 4 main categories of traditional practitioners: 1) those who have received a fully integrated training in modern and traditional systems of medicine; 2) those trained mainly in traditional medicine but who also have elementary knowledge of modern medicine; 3) the traditional practitioners without formal training but who have obtained diplomas through correspondence courses in some particular traditional system; and 4) and the majority of traditional practitioner who have acquired their skills and knowledge through years of apprenticeship with an
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Poisoning due to traditional remedies.
TL;DR: A study was carried out to see how many cases of poisoning by herbal remedies were recorded at Harare Central and Parirenyatwa Hospitals and by the government analyst during the period 1960 to 1982 as mentioned in this paper.