Ethnobotanical survey of culinary herbs and spices used in the traditional medicinal system of Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Asowata-Ayodele, Abiola Mojisola; Afolayan, Anthony Jide; Otunola, Gloria Aderonke

doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2016.01.001

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“…Stems, roots, and leaves were the most commonly used plant parts for diabetes treatment. Which is consistent with common worldwide patterns of medicinal plant use [75][76][77][78][79] including Thailand [10]. Seasonal plant parts such as flowers or fruits are more limited in their utility for medicinal purposes because treatment may be required out-of-season.…”

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Thai Ethnomedicinal Plants Used for Diabetes Treatment

Phumthum¹,

Balslev²

2018

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Background: Diabetes is a metabolic disorder and a serious global health problem. Over 400 million people suffer from diabetes and it is estimated that the number will dramatically increase in the future. The cost of diabetes treatment for individual patients is very high. However, traditional knowledge could be used to support conventional diabetes treatments. Here, we identify medicinal plants that have been used as treatments for diabetes based on Thai ethnobotanical knowledge. Methods: We present a literature review of data for the use of ethnomedicinal plants for diabetes treatments used by people in Thailand. The data were obtained from 31 original references including theses, reports, journal articles, and books published from 1992-2015. Results: In total, 187 reports of 123 plants species that had been used traditionally to treat diabetes in Thailand were identified. Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson, Morinda citrifolia L. and Phyllanthus amarus Schumach. & Thonn were the three most commonly used species. There were also numerous reports of the use of Leguminosae, Lamiaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Rubiaceae, and Acanthaceae for the treatment of diabetes. Interestingly, the grass family (Poaceae), for which there were otherwise few medicinal use reports, ranked third in our data. Stems, roots, and leaves were most commonly used in diabetes

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Thai Ethnomedicinal Plants Used for Diabetes Treatment

Phumthum¹,

Balslev²

2018

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“…The preference for using the roots for medication could be as a result of higher concentration of active ingredients than in other parts of the plant [32,53]. This contrasts with various other studies conducted in different parts of the Africa [54][55][56][57] that reported leaves as the most frequently used plant part for medication. In those studies, the preference for leaves was said to be for their abundance and because leaves contain high concentrations of compounds with various medicinal properties.…”

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confidence: 78%

Medicinal Plants of the Maasai of Kenya: A Review

Nankaya

Gichuki

Lukhoba

et al. 2019

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The use of medicinal plants for treatment of humans and animals is entrenched in the Maasai culture and traditional knowledge related to it is passed on from one generation to the next. A handful of researchers have in the past decades documented this knowledge. No single study has documented medicinal plant uses of the Maasai community as a whole. This review provides a consolidated database of the diversity and uses of medicinal plants among the Maasai in Kenya. The study will help conserve traditional medicinal plant knowledge that is valuable for the development of modern medicine. Relevant information on medicinal plants used by the Maasai of Kenya was extracted from journals, books, M.Sc., and Ph.D. dissertations. We found evidence of 289 plant species used by the Maasai of Kenya in traditional medicine. Most species were used to treat health conditions in the categories gastrointestinal and respiratory system disorders. The most used families were Leguminosae, Asteraceae, Malvaceae, Euphorbiaceae, and Lamiaceae. Medicines were commonly prepared as a decoction and administered through oral ingestion, with roots reported to be the preferred plant part for medication. The Maasai preference for roots compared to other plant parts may be unsustainable and could threaten species availability in the future.

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“…Leaves and roots were the most used parts in the treatment of MSDs, similar to what has been found in other studies in Thailand, such as the ethnobotany of the Mien (Yao) in northern Thailand [ 46 , 47 ], and the review of all ethnomedicinal uses of plants in Thailand [ 33 ]. Leaves were reported as the most used part in several other ethnomedicinal studies of MSD treatments around the world, such as in Algeria [ 48 ], Central Africa [ 49 , 50 ], India [ 37 ], Italy [ 51 ], Kenya [ 52 ], Papua New Guinea [ 53 ], and South Africa [ 54 ]. Additionally, leaves and roots were greatly used for the treatment of MSDs in northern Pakistan [ 10 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Medicinal Plants for Treating Musculoskeletal Disorders among Karen in Thailand

Kantasrila

Pandith

Balslev

et al. 2020

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Millions of people suffer from Musculoskeletal System Disorders (MSDs), including Karen people who work hard in the fields for their subsistence and have done so for generations. This has forced the Karen to use many medicinal plants to treat MSDs. We gathered data from 15 original references covering 27 Karen communities and we document 461 reports of the use of 175 species for treating MSDs among the Karen people in Thailand. The data were analyzed by calculating use values (UV), relative frequency of citation (RFC) and informant consensus factor (ICF). Many use reports and species were from Leguminosae and Zingiberaceae. Roots and leaves were the most used parts, while the preferred preparation methods were decoction and burning. Oral ingestion was the most common form of administration. The most common ailment was muscle pain. Sambucus javanica and Plantago major were the most important species because they had the highest and second-highest values for both UV and RFC, respectively. This study revealed that the Karen people in Thailand use various medicinal plants to treat MSDs. These are the main resources for the further development of inexpensive treatments of MSDs that would benefit not only the Karen, but all people who suffer from MSD.

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Ethnobotanical survey of culinary herbs and spices used in the traditional medicinal system of Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Cited by 72 publications

References 17 publications

Thai Ethnomedicinal Plants Used for Diabetes Treatment

Thai Ethnomedicinal Plants Used for Diabetes Treatment

Medicinal Plants of the Maasai of Kenya: A Review

Medicinal Plants for Treating Musculoskeletal Disorders among Karen in Thailand

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