Herbal remedies and their adverse effects in Tem tribe traditional medicine in Togo
| Autor: | Comlan de Souza, Komlan Batawila, Tchadjobo Tchacondo, Mensavi Gbeassor, Kokou Anani, Amégninou Agban, Simplice D. Karou, Kawiwou Ouro-Bang'na |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Nauclea Population Alternative medicine Ethnobotany Population Groups Drug Discovery Health care medicine Tribe Humans Medicinal plants Adverse effect education Medicine African Traditional education.field_of_study Plants Medicinal Traditional medicine biology business.industry medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Research Papers Complementary and alternative medicine Togo Africa Female traditional concoctions medicinal plants adverse effects Togo business Malaria Phytotherapy |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines; Vol 8, No 1 (2011) |
| ISSN: | 2505-0044 0189-6016 |
| Popis: | In Africa, up to 80% of the population relies on herbal concoctions for their primarily health care. In Togo, western Africa, Tem tribe is a population with old knowledge of medicinal plants, however, still very little is known about their medical practices. The present study was conducted to access for the apprehension of adverse effects of traditional remedies by Tem traditional healers (TH). Enquiry was performed by interviews with healers from August to October 2007 in Tchaoudjo prefecture (Togo). The study allowed us to interview 54 TH including 41(75.93%) males and 13(24.07%) females, who cited 102 recipes assumed to have adverse effects. The recipes were used alone to cure several diseases including haemorrhoids (22.55%), female sexual disorders and infertility (21.57%), gastrointestinal disorders (18.63%), and malaria (6.86%). A total of 34 plants belonging to 21 families were cited to be components of the recipes. Euphorbiaceae and Mimosaceae families were the most represented, however, Nauclea latifolia, Khaya senegalensis, Pseudocedrela kotschyi and Xeroderris stuhlmannii were the main components of recipes linked to adverse effects. A total of 20 adverse effects were linked to the administration of theses drugs, and among them; diarrhoea, abdominal pains, polyuria, general weakness and vomiting were the most frequently encountered. These findings were in accordance with several reports of the literature concerning medicinal plants, although they were based on empirical observations. Laboratory screenings are needed to access for the effectiveness as well as the possible toxic effects of the recipes. Keywords: traditional concoctions, medicinal plants, adverse effects, Togo. |
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