Exotic plants used therapeutically by <em>Bapedi</em> traditional healers for respiratory infections and related symptoms in the Limpopo province, South Africa
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Exotic plants used therapeutically by <em>Bapedi</em> traditional healers for respiratory infections and related symptoms in the Limpopo province, South Africa
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Semenya, Sebua Silas
Maroyi, Alfred |
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<em>Bapedi</em> healers
Exotic plants Limpopo Province Respiratory infections |
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The present study examines the use of exotic plants by <em>Bapedi</em> healers (THs) as medicine for respiratory infections (RIs) and related symptoms (RLs). A sample of 240 THs practising in the Limpopo Province, South Africa was questioned using a semi-structured questionnaire, supplemented by personal observations. Thirty-eight plants comprising of 35 genera belonging to 26 botanical families, mainly the Solanaceae (5 spp.) and Poaceae (3 spp.), were documented. Herbs (44.7 %, n = 17) constituted the major habit followed by trees (42.1 %, n = 16). The most important plants according to use mention (UM) and fidelity level (FL) indexes were <em>Zingiber officinale</em> (UM = 240 and FL = 99.5 %, chronic cough), <em>Moringa oleifera</em> (UM = 210 and FL = 100 %, fatigue), <em>Datura stramonium</em> (UM = 202 and FL = 100 %, chest pain), <em>Jacaranda mimosifolia</em> (UM = 156 and FL 100 %, chronic cough) and <em>Schkuhria pinnata</em> (UM = 105 and FL = 94.5 %, painful eyes). These plants also yielded the highest use value (UV) index, but with<em> M. oleifera </em>(fatigue; UV = 0.87), followed by <em>D. stramonium</em> (chest pain; UV = 0.84), <em>J. mimosifolia</em> (chronic cough; UV = 0.65) and <em>S. pinnata</em> (asthma, fatigue and painful eyes; UV = 0.46) being the most appreciated. Overall, larger number of species recorded in our study illustrates the important role played by foreign plants as treatment of RIs and RLs in the <em>Bapedi</em> traditional healing sector. |
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2018-09-14T07:34:41Z
2018-09-14T07:34:41Z 2018-10 |
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Article
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0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/45068 |
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en_US
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<strong>Int. Cl.<sup>8</sup></strong>: A61K 36/00, A01D 11/00
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<img src='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/image/cc-license-sml.png'> <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in' target='_blank'>CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India</a>
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NISCAIR-CSIR, India
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IJTK Vol.17(4) [October 2018]
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