Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by indigenous knowledge holders to manage healthcare needs in children.

ABSTRACT: Childhood diseases remain an increasing health problem in many developing countries and also associated with an enormous financial burden. In South Africa, many people still rely on traditional medicine for their primary healthcare. However, inadequate documentation of medicinal plants used to manage childhood diseases remain a prominent gap. Hence, the current study explored the importance of medicinal plants to treat and manage childhood diseases in the North West Province, South Africa. An ethnobotanical survey was conducted with 101 participants using semi-structured interviews (face-to-face). Ethnobotanical indices such as Frequency of citation (FC), Use-value (UV) and Informed Consensus Factor (ICF) were used for data analysis. A total of 61 plants from 34 families were recorded as m

SUBMITTER: Ndhlovu PT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10042359 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature