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Medicinal plant species used in the treatment of skin diseases in Katabi Sub- County, Wakiso District, Uganda
(Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Institute, 2019-06-23)
Background: The use of medicinal plants in primary healthcare is central among rural communities in Uganda due to the expensive and often inaccessible conventional health care. Skin diseases pose a serious health risk given ...
Ethno-pharmacological screening of Vernonia amygdalina and Cleome gynandra traditionally used in Childbirth in Western Uganda
(NAPRECA Symposium Book of Proceedings, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 2013)
Over 80% of pregnant women in Western Uganda deliver at home with the assistance of mainly traditional birth attendants who use herbal remedies to complete the processes of child bearing in the rural communities. In Uganda, ...
Documentation and consensus of indigenous knowledge on medicinal plants used by the local communities of western Uganda
(Scholars Research Library, 2014-04)
An ethnobotanical study was conducted to document the uses of medicinal plants among the local communities of
western Uganda. The aim of the study was to identify and document plant species used for treatment of various ...