Ethnomedicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers to Treat Oral Health Problems in Cameroon

<table class="table-group" id="tab7"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Minerals</td><td align="center">Form of preparation</td><td align="center">Diseases treated</td><td align="center">Method of administration</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">White sulphur</td><td align="center">Paste</td><td align="center">Toothache</td><td align="center">Direct application</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Yellow sulphur</td><td align="center">Paste</td><td align="center">Toothache</td><td align="center">Direct application</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Calcium carbonate</td><td align="center">Paste</td><td align="center">Toothache</td><td align="center">Direct application</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Alum</td><td align="center">Grounded powder</td><td align="center">Bleeding gums and arrest of postextraction bleeding</td><td align="center">Direct application in aqueous solution as mouth rinse</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Bicarbonate solution</td><td align="center">Aqueous solution</td><td align="center">Mouth ulcers</td><td align="center">Mouth rinse</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Minerals used as adjuvants with plants by traditional healers.

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Table 7: Ethnomedicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers to Treat Oral Health Problems in Cameroon 