Medicinal plant use, conservation, and the associated traditional knowledge in rural communities in Eastern Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global consumption of herbal medicine is increasing steadily, posing an extinction risk to medicinal plants. Uganda is among the top ten countries with a high threat of herbal medicine extinction, and Traditional Medicinal Knowledge (TMK) erosion. This might be attributed to the inadequate documentation, plus many more unclear hindrances. In this study, plant species used to treat human diseases in Butaleja district in Eastern Uganda and their associated TMK were documented. The conservation methods for medicinal plants were also evaluated. The rationale was to support the preservation of ethnopharmacological knowledge.

Methods

Data were collected from 80 herbalists using semi-structured questionnaires, from July 2020 to March 2021. Additionally, guided field

SUBMITTER: Ssenku JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9168352 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature