Ethnotherapeautic management of skin diseases among the Kikuyus of Central Kenya

Skin health is increasingly becoming an important aspect of primary health care among many communities particularly because of the increased challenge of HIV-AIDS, skin conditions being among the common opportunistic diseases in immuno-compromised individuals. This study investigated the use of trad...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of ethnopharmacology 2007-05, Vol.111 (2), p.303-307
Hauptverfasser:	Njoroge, Grace N., Bussmann, Rainer W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	antimicrobial properties Biological and medical sciences chemical constituents of plants Croton Croton macrostachyus Croton megalocarpus ethnobotany General pharmacology Geography herbal medicines Humans Informant consensus Kenya Medical sciences medicinal plants medicinal properties Medicine, Traditional Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food Pharmacology. Drug treatments Phytotherapy plant extracts Plant Preparations - therapeutic use Plants, Medicinal Senna (Fabaceae) Senna didymobotrya Skin diseases Skin Diseases - etiology Skin Diseases - therapy traditional medicine Traditional medicines Vernonia Vernonia lasiopus
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