Ethnomedicine of menstruation in rural Dominica, West Indies

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 624-634

  Flores, Katherine E ^a   Quinlan, Marsha B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesic; Antinociceptive; Botany; Inflammation; Pain; Theories of illness

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; KAURENOIC ACID; MENTHA SUAVEOLENS EXTRACT; PIMENTA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SPHAGNETICOLA TRILOBATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; MENTHA SUAVEOLENS; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PIMENTA RACEMOSA; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SEDATION; SPHAGNETICOLA TRILOBATA; SPRAIN; STRESS; SWELLING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WOUND HEALING; ADOLESCENT; DOMINICA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ASTERACEAE; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; LAMIACEAE; LAURACEAE; MENTHA SUAVEOLENS; MYRTACEAE; PIMENTA RACEMOSA; SPHAGNETICOLA TRILOBATA; WEDELIA TRILOBATA;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOMINICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84900331045     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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