Ethnomedicinal study of plants used by Sheko ethnic group of Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-85

  Giday, Mirutse ^a   Asfaw, Zemede ^a   Woldu, Zerihun ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plant; Sheko; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACHYRANTHES; ACHYROSPERMUM SCHIMPERI; ACMELLA CAULIRHIZA; ADENOSTEMMA PERROTTETII; AGERATUM; AJUGA INTEGRIFOLIA; AMARANTHUS DUBIUS; AMARANTHUS GRAECIZANS; AMEBIASIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASPILIA MOSSAMBICENSIS; BRASSICA CARINATA; BRASSICA NIGRA; CAPPARIS ERYTHROCARPOS; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; CARDAMINE TRICHOCARPA; CAYRATIA GRACILIS; CELESIA TRIGYNA; CELOSIA ANTHELMINTHICA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHENOPODIUM OPULIFOLIUM; DICROCEPHALIA INTEGRIFOLIA; DRYMARIA CORDATA; DYSENTERY; EAR INFECTION; ETHIOPIA; ETHNICITY; ETHNOBOTANY; EYE DISEASE; FLOWER; FRACTURE; FURUNCULOSIS; GARLIC; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; LEUCAS DEFLEXA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOMORDICA FOETIDA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PEPPER; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; RUMEX NEPALENSIS; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; STOMACH PAIN; TAENIASIS; TONSILLITIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

AMARANTHUS DUBIUS; AMARANTHUS GRAECIZANS; OCIMUM; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA;

EID: 77957835650     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.07.046     Document Type: Article

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