The medicine from behind: The frequent use of enemas in western African traditional medicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 174, Issue , 2015, Pages 637-643

  Van Andel, Tinde ^a,b   Van Onselen, Sabine ^c   Myren, Britt ^c   Towns, Alexandra ^a,c   Quiroz, Diana ^a,b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Botany; Constipation; Cultural bound health issues; Enemas; Ethnopharmacological field studies; Gastro intestinal system; Traditional medicine Africa

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ENEMA DEVICE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; STOMACH PAIN; WEST AFRICAN; ADULT; AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVICES; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; TASTE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; ENEMA; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREGNANCY; TASTE;

EID: 84947041154     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.06.040     Document Type: Article

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