The use of medicinal plants in self-care in the Agonlin region of Benin

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 234-243

  Allabi, Aurel Constant ^a,b   Busia, Kofi ^c   Ekanmian, Vital ^a   Bakiono, Fidle ^b  

^a Centre d' Investigations Cliniques et de Recherches Thérapeutiques   (Benin)

^b FSS and AC2N Consulting Group Cotonou   (Benin)

^c West African Health Organisation ^*  (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Agonlin; Animist; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Self care

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMARANTHACEAE; ANACARDIACEAE; ANEMIA; ANGIOSPERM; ANNONACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ARECACEAE; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; ASTHMA; BALANOPHORACEAE; BARK; BENIN; BIGNONIACEAE; BLEEDING; BOMBACACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; BURSERACEAE; CAESALPINIA; CANDIDIASIS; CAPPARACEAE; CARICACEAE; CHILD; CHRYSOBALANACEAE; COLCHICUM; COMBRETACEAE; COMPOSITACEAE; CONNARACEAE; COUGHING; CRASSULACEAE; CUCUMBER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIA; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFECTION; IRVINGIACEAE; JAUNDICE; LEGUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MANGO; MEASLES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; MIMOSA; MOTHER; MOUTH ULCER; MUSACEAE; MYRTACEAE; NEWBORN; OLACACEAE; ONION; PAPAVERACEAE; PARASITISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; PORTULACACEAE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SANSEVIERIA; SAPINDACEAE; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SORE THROAT; STERCULIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; UVARIA; VERBENACEAE; VOMITING; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650678397     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.09.028     Document Type: Article

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