| Abstrakt: |
Traditional medicine and medicinal plants are widely used for the maintenance of health in most developing countries, including Nigeria. Oral records about therapies and the plant material are kept by herbalists and commonly used in treatment of diseases and other afflictions of the populace owing to the high cost and limited availability of conventional pharmaceuticals. In Nigeria, asthma, diabetes, and hypertension are noninfectious diseases that affect the active, industrious class, reducing productivity and leading to poverty. To determine whether traditional medicines were available to treat asthma, diabetes, and hypertension, a literature review of the medicinal plants and traditional therapies of Nigeria was completed, leading to the identification of more than 100 plants used in the treatment of these diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
