2016
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v13i3.14
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Indigenous plant-derived medicine used by ordinary community members other than traditional health practitioners for preventive health care in Mohlaletsi community in Limpopo province, South Africa

Abstract: Background: Research on medical ethnobotany shows that ordinary community members in the rural areas have knowledge of selfpreventive care which is accomplished through administration of plant medicine to prevent the onset of disease and create a sense of well-being. Several medicinal plants and traditional medicines derived from them have been used to enhance resistance to several disease agents. The present study documented the indigenous plant-derived medicines used by Mohlaletsi community members to minimi… Show more

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