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Plants Used by Bapedi Traditional Healers to Treat Asthma and Related Symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Joint Authors
Maroyi, Alfred
Semenya, Sebua Silas
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-33, 33 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-07-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
33
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
To the best of our knowledge there are presently no ethnobotanical surveys focusing on the utilisation of herbal remedies for asthma in South Africa.
The present study is therefore an attempt to fill this gap in knowledge.
A total of 140 Bapedi traditional healers (THs) practicing in the Capricorn, Sekhukhune, and Waterberg districts of the Limpopo Province (South Africa) were queried using semistructured questionnaires, supplemented by field observations during face-to-face interview.
A total of 104 medicinal plant species (92 indigenous and 12 exotics) belonging to 92 genera, distributed across 54 botanical families, mostly the Asteraceae and Fabaceae (18.5%, for each) as well as Malvaceae (12.9%), were used as antiasthmatics and related symptoms by these THs.
Most of the plants were trees and herbs (37.5%, for each), with root (57%), leaf (15.8%), and bark (7.5%), respectively, being the saliently used parts for preparation of remedies.
Clerodendrum ternatum, Cryptocarya transvaalensis, Lasiosiphon caffer, Enicostema axillare, Mimusops obovata, Sclerocarya birrea, and Stylochaeton natalensis were widely used and valued by all THs across the surveyed districts.
Furthermore, these taxa also scored both the highest use value and fidelity level indexes as asthma therapies.
Overall, the larger number of species documented in the present study is recorded for the first time in literature as asthma and/or related symptoms remedies.
Our study finding generally contributes towards an establishment of South African database of herbal therapies used traditionally against these conditions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Semenya, Sebua Silas& Maroyi, Alfred. 2018. Plants Used by Bapedi Traditional Healers to Treat Asthma and Related Symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-33.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154556
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Semenya, Sebua Silas& Maroyi, Alfred. Plants Used by Bapedi Traditional Healers to Treat Asthma and Related Symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-33.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154556
American Medical Association (AMA)
Semenya, Sebua Silas& Maroyi, Alfred. Plants Used by Bapedi Traditional Healers to Treat Asthma and Related Symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-33.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154556
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1154556