Ethnopharmacological analysis of medicinal plants and animals used in the treatment and management of pain in Mauritius

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 157, Issue , 2014, Pages 181-200

  Sreekeesoon, D Priyamka ^a   Mahomoodally, M Fawzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Herbal remedies; Mauritius; Pain; Traditional medicines; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA EXTRACT; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANANAS BRACTEATUS EXTRACT; ANISE EXTRACT; ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDESMA MADAGASCARIENSE EXTRACT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; APHLOIA THEIFORMIS EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM EXTRACT; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS EXTRACT; ATROPA BELLADONNA EXTRACT; CELECOXIB; CELERY EXTRACT; COIX LACRYMA JOBI EXTRACT; COMFREY EXTRACT; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; GARLIC EXTRACT; HELIX ASPERSA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IBUPROFEN; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; PEPPERMINT; PLANT EXTRACT; SEDATIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VEPRIS LANCEOLATA EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACALYPHA WILKESIANA; ADULT; AEROSOL; ALLOPATHY; ALOE VERA; AMARYLLIDACEAE; ANALGESIA; ANANAS BRACTEATUS; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ANISE; ANNONA MURICATA; ANNONACEAE; ANTIDESMA MADAGASCARIENSE; APHLOIA THEIFORMIS; APIACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ARACEAE; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; ASPARAGACEAE; ASTERACEAE; ATROPA BELLADONNA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BACKACHE; BORAGINACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; BURN; CELERY; CHRONIC PAIN; COIX; COIX LACRYMA JOBI; COMFREY; CONSTIPATION; CRASSULACEAE; CUCURBITACEAE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC SHEEP; DYSMENORRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERYTHROXYLACEAE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; GARLIC; GENTIANACEAE; HAND PAIN; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HELIX ASPERSA; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERICACEAE; KNEE PAIN; LABOR PAIN; LAMIACEAE; LAURACEAE; LEG PAIN; LINACEAE; LYTHRACEAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAURITIAN; MAURITIUS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDICINAL SPECIES; MELIACEAE; MENTHA PIPERITA; MICROCAPSULE; MIGRAINE; MORACEAE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; MUSACEAE; MYRTACEAE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OTALGIA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PHYLLANTHACEAE; PIPERACEAE; PLANT LEAF; PLANTAGINACEAE; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; RHAMNACEAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; ROSACEAE; RUBIACEAE; RURAL POPULATION; RUTACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; SCHISANDRACEAE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOLANACEAE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMACH PAIN; STOMACH ULCER; SUPPOSITORY; TABLET; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VEPRIS LANCEOLATA; VERBENACEAE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; XANTHORRHOEACEAE; ZINGIBERACEAE; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MAURITIUS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908460759     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.09.030     Document Type: Article

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