The In-Vivo Assessment of the Effect of Traditionally Used Asparagus laricinus Extracts for Anticancer on the Kidney, Liver, and Spleen of Rats

Abstract

Traditional medicine is a conceptual based on indigenous knowledge, acquired skills, and cultural practices reflecting of the theories, beliefs, and experiences by the indigenous diverse cultures, whether explicable or not 1,2 . This practice has been used to maintain health as well as in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention the different types of illness 1,2 . The Chinese and Indians are the world leaning developed nations having a very sophisticated systems such as acupuncture and ayurvedic medicine. They lead by showing that traditional systems has to meet the needs of the local communities, and this was maintained for many centuries. This type of practice is generally accessible, cheap, and generally used in large parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.For decades indigenous plants have been a source of medicine, nutrients and vitamins, or subsistence income available to the poorest in society 3 . Almost 65% of the world population rely on medicinal plants for primary health needs and around 80% utilize plants as their primary source of medicinal agents [4][5][6][7] . Even the sub-Saharan countries including South African with almost two third of its populations subscribing to traditional medicine 8 . Traditional medicine is an integral part of the South African cultural life, a position that is unlikely to change to any significant degree in years to come 9 . The is more than 300 000 traditional healers contributing a multi-million-dollar hidden economy' 10-12 which even extends beyond the boards in SADC (Southern African Democratic countries) neighbouring countries 13 . In SADC with no restriction on the