Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2015 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Utilization of Traditional Medicine among the Communities of Merawi Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study Table 3 Medicinal plant used for the treatment of human diseases: local name, scientific name, disease treated, part(s) used, dosage form, method of preparation, administration route, duration of use, and source of plant.
Local name Scientific name Disease treated Part of the plant Dosage form used Rout of administration Method of preparation Duration of treatment Frequency Source of the plant Damakese Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst.Unexplained headache and fever Leaf Fluid Mouth Tea 1 day Once daily Home garden Tenadam Ruta chalepensis L.Unexplained headache and fever Leaf Fluid Mouth Coffee/tea 1 day Once daily Home Garden, market Cold Leaf Fluid Mouth Tea/coffee 3 days Twice daily Home garden Tikur azmud Nigella sativa Peptic ulcer disease Seed Fluid Mouth Water 5 days Once daily Market Cold Seed Fluid Mouth Tea 3 days Twice daily Market Haregresa Zehneria scabra Cough Leaf Smoke Nose Boiling with water 5 days Twice daily Traditional healers Tunjit Otostegia fruticosa Cold Leaf Smoke Nose Burning with fire 3 days Once daily Market Kundo Piper nigrum Tonsil Seed Flour Mouth Tea 3 days Once daily Market Gesho Rhamnus prinoides L.Tonsil Leaf Powder Mouth Tea 1 day Twice daily Traditional healers Zinjibl Zingiber officinale Rosc.Abdominal pain Seed Powder Mouth Water 1 day Once daily Market Cold Seed Fluid Mouth Tea 4 days Thrice daily Market Fever Stem Powder Mouth Tea 1 day Once daily Market Girawa Vernonia amygdalina Del.Unexplained headache and fever Leaf Fluid Mouth Coffee 3 days Twice daily Home garden Key shinkurt Allium cepa L.Asthma Root Fluid Mouth Water 5 days Once daily Market Tekeze Andrachne aspera Snake bite Stem Fluid Mouth Water 10 days Twice daily Traditional healers Bisana Croton macrostachyus Skin damage Leaf Fluid Topical Egg 14 days Once daily Traditional healers Tinea versicolor Leaf Exudates Topical Alone 3 days Once daily Traditional healers Nech bahirzaf Eucalyptus globulus Fever Leaf Smoke Nose Boiling in water 2 days Once daily Traditional healers Zigba Podocarpus gracilis Acute hepatitis Leaf Fluid Mouth Water 60 days Once daily Traditional healers Abish Trigonella foenum-graceum Peptic ulcer disease Seed Fluid Mouth Water 5 days Once daily Market Tosegn Thymus schimperi Hypertension Leaf Fluid Mouth Tea 6 months Once daily Market/home garden
