Medicinal plants used by latino healers for women’s health conditions in New York City

Balick, Michael J.; Kronenberg, Fredi; Ososki, Andreana L.; Reiff, Marian; Fugh‐Berman, Adriane; O'Connor, Bonnie Blair; Roble, Maria; Lohr, Patricia A.; Atha, Daniel

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“…A prática da medicina tradicional está inclusa e reconhecida no sistema primário de saúde em países em desenvolvimento (Cunningham, 1993;Balick et al, 2000). A Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) estima que cerca de 80% da população mundial depende de plantas para o cuidado com a saúde e relata ainda que 85% da medicina tradicional envolvem o uso de plantas, seus extratos vegetais e seus princípios ativos.…”

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Etnobotânica e medicina popular no tratamento de malária e males associados na comunidade ribeirinha Julião – baixo Rio Negro (Amazônia Central)

Veiga

Scudeller

2015

Rev. bras. plantas med.

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RESUMO:A utilização de plantas medicinais para o tratamento de doenças tropicais como a malária na Amazônia Central é de suma importância, principalmente em locais onde o sistema único de saúde não se encontra presente como na maioria das comunidades ribeirinhas desta região. Sendo assim, investigar e resgatar o conhecimento popular a respeito de plantas medicinais utilizadas no tratamento de malária e males associados pelos moradores da comunidade Julião situada na Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Tupé, Manaus-AM, torna-se importante no registro de como as populações locais se previnem e tratam essa doença tão prevalente e perigosa na região. O trabalho foi conduzido na forma de oficinas participativas, segregadas por gênero e complementadas com entrevistas semiestruturadas aliadas à técnica da turnê-guiada nos quintais e floresta adjacente à comunidade. Foram calculados os índices de diversidade de Shannon-Wiener, equitabilidade e concordância quanto ao uso principal (CUP). A partir da colaboração efetiva de 13 comunitários foram registradas 62 espécies vegetais pertencentes a 53 gêneros e 34 famílias botânicas que resultaram em índice de diversidade (H') de 1,62 decits e equitabilidade de 0,9. As famílias mais representativas foram: Fabaceae (7 espécies), Asteraceae e Lamiaceae (4 espécies cada) e Solanaceae e Rutaceae (3 espécies cada). Vale destacar que 16 espécies (25,8%) foram citadas para tratamento de malária e males associados pela primeira vez em estudos etnobotânicos realizados na América Latina.Palavras-chave: conhecimento tradicional, plantas medicinais, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Tupé, ribeirinhos, doenças negligenciadas ABSTRACT: Ethnobotany and popular medicine in the treatment of malaria and associated diseases in theriverside community in Julião-Low Black River (Central Amazonia). The use of medicinal plants in order to treat tropical diseases such as malaria is of extreme importance, particularly in places where the public health system is not present as in most coastal communities of the Amazonia region. That being stated, investigating and rediscovering the popular knowledge of medicinal plants used to treat malaria and its associated diseases by the residents of the Julião community, located in RDS Tupé, Manaus-AM, becomes relevant in recording how local populations prevent and treat this disease so prevalent and dangerous in this region. In order to carry out this study, it was implemented an ethnobotanical survey through workshops organized in categories and semi-structured interviews as well as guided tours by residents of the community in their backyards and nearby forest areas. The ShannonWiener diversity indicators were calculated, measuring equitability and concurrence regarding its main use (CUP). From the effective collaboration of 13 community members, 62 plant species belonging to 53 types and 34 botanic families were observed,which resulted in a diversity index (H ') and equitability of 1.62 decits 0.9. The most significant botanical families shown in th...

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Etnobotânica e medicina popular no tratamento de malária e males associados na comunidade ribeirinha Julião – baixo Rio Negro (Amazônia Central)

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Scudeller

2015

Rev. bras. plantas med.

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“…Its use in the Middle Published: 02 June 2015 temporary use has been observed among faith healers. Thus, its use has been incorporated by Latino faith healers in New York (Balick et al 2000) as well as by Ecuadorian patients in Germany (Wessner et al 1999) who used it for purposes related to magic.…”

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Magical and Popular Veterinary Uses of Rue (Ruta L., Rutaceae) by Shepherds in Eastern Spain

González¹,

Sánchez-Padilla

2015

Ethnobot. Res. App.

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“…Ruellia tuberosa (L.) is used as cooling agent in urinary problems and uterine fibroids (Lans 2001 and2006). It has recently been incorporated as a component in an herbal drink in Taiwan (Balick et al 2000). It is reported that it contains flavonoids, steroids, triterpenoids and alkaloids (Lin et al 2006, Subramanian and Nair 1974, Singh et al 2002, Andhiwal and Varshney 1985.…”

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Antibacterial, antifungal and insecticidal activities of Ruellia tuberosa (L.) root extract

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Context: Plants as therapeutics are popularized for thousands of years and people continue to rely on them for health care until now due to their effectiveness, easy availability, low cost and comparatively being devoid of serious toxic effects. Microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and insects are developing resistance to the current therapies very easily and the currently available antibacterial, antifungal agents and pesticides are very much costly and toxic. So the current shift to the use of herbal antibacterial, antifungal agents and pesticides may be more effective, economic and advantageous. Objectives: The present research was performed to investigate the antibacterial, antifungal and insecticidal activities of the methanolic extract of the dried root of the plant Ruellia tuberosa (L.). Materials and Methods: Five Gram (+) ve bacteria namely Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus agalactiae, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus subtilis; five Gram (-) ve bacteria namelyPseudomonus aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Shigella flexneri, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella sonnei were used as test bacteria for testing the antibacterial activity of the plant extract. Antifungal activity was observed against six fungi namely Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus ochreus, Aspergillus ustus, Rizopus oryzae and Trichophyton rubrum. The disc diffusion assay method was used in both the cases and standard Kanamycin disc (30µg/disc) was used as the reference standard. The test for insecticidal activity was performed by using surface film activity testing method and Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) was used as the test insect. Results: The methanol extract was active against all the bacteria and fungi tested and showed significant antibacterial and antifungal properties with the zone of inhibition 9 to 23 mm for antibacterial screening and 8 to 15 mm for antifungal screening. The insecticidal assay by surface film activity test also revealed strong insecticidal activity with 80% mortality rate of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) at a dose of 50 mg/ml in 48 hours. Conclusion: From our experiment it is informed that Ruellia tuberosa (L.) may be used to treat bacterial and fungal diseases and also as insect repellant and it is also possible to isolate antibacterial, antifungal and insecticidal drug from this plant.

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Medicinal plants used by latino healers for women’s health conditions in New York City

Cited by 138 publications

References 12 publications

Etnobotânica e medicina popular no tratamento de malária e males associados na comunidade ribeirinha Julião – baixo Rio Negro (Amazônia Central)

Etnobotânica e medicina popular no tratamento de malária e males associados na comunidade ribeirinha Julião – baixo Rio Negro (Amazônia Central)

Magical and Popular Veterinary Uses of Rue (Ruta L., Rutaceae) by Shepherds in Eastern Spain

Antibacterial, antifungal and insecticidal activities of Ruellia tuberosa (L.) root extract

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