Medicinal plant use in the practice of midwifery in rural Honduras

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 233-248

  Ticktin, Tamara ^a   Dalle, Sarah Paule ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Honduras; Maternal infant health; Medicinal plants; Midwifery; Traditional birth attendant (TBA) training programs; Women's knowledge

Indexed keywords

ASCELEPIAS CURASSAVICA EXTRACT; BURSERA SIMARUBA EXTRACT; BYRSONIMA CRASSIFOLIA EXTRACT; CEDRELA ODORATA EXTRACT; CINNAMOMUM VERCUM EXTRACT; CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA EXTRACT; CITRUS AURANTIUM EXTRACT; COCOS NUCIFERA EXTRACT; COIX LACRYMA JOBI EXTRACT; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE EXTRACT; GUAVA EXTRACT; JATROPHA CURCAS EXTRACT; MATRICARIA COURRANTIANA EXTRACT; MIKANIA MICRANTHA EXTRACT; OCIMUM CAMPECHIANUM EXTRACT; PAVONIA ROSEA EXTRACT; PIMENTA DIOCA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUCHEA CAROLINENSIS EXTRACT; PSEUDELEPHANTOPUS SPICATUS EXTRACT; SALIX CHILENSIS EXTRACT; SECHIUM EDULE EXTRACT; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; SIMAROUBA GLAUCA EXTRACT; STEVIA SERRATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERNONIA PATENS EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; BIRTH; BLEEDING; BURSERA SIMARUBA; BYRSONIMA CRASSIFOLIA; CEDRELA ODORATA; CHILD CARE; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; COCONUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE; GOVERNMENT; GUAVA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JATROPHA CURCAS; LABOR; LIME (FRUIT); MATRICARIA COURRANTIANA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDWIFE; MIKANIA MICRANTHA; OCIMUM CAPECHIANUM; PIMENTA DIOICA; PUERPERIUM; RECORDING; RURAL AREA; SALIX CHILENSIS; SECHIUM EDULE; SIMARUOBA GLAUCA; SOUR ORANGE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STEVIA SERRATA; TILLAGE; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDWIFERY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 9644268104     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

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