The Use of Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Toothache in Ethiopia

Megersa, Moa; Jima, Tilahun Tolossa; Goro, Kabaye Kumela

doi:10.1155/2019/2645174

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“…Thus, traditional practitioners suffer to travel large distance in search of large these medicinal plants. It was also found out that above three fourth of ethnobotanical plants in the study District were harvested from the wild, which is in agreement with reports of many studies conducted in the study area country [18,28,[31][32][33].…”

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An Ethnobotanical Study of Plants in the Adjoining Area of Kafta Sheraro National Park Ethnic Groups, Ethiopia

Tewelde¹,

Mesfin²

2019

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A field trip was carried out in Kafta Humera wereda Adigoshu Tabia (administrative unit below wereda), adjacent to Kafta-Sheraro National Park, to assess the presence of plant and their derivative use of different use values practiced by the local community. The study employed ethnobotanical methods including structured and semi-structured interviews, field observations, preference ranking, relative frequency and fidelity level. A total of 50 informants from both ethnic groups (Habesha and kunama) Tabia were selected purposively and 28 key informants also selected with the help of local administrators, recommendations from elders, and members of the local community. A total of 36 plants with their ethnobotanical use were collected and identified. These species represent 34 genera and 27 families. About 29 of the medicinal plants were used to treat for human disease only, 2 medicinal plant only for animal and 5 medicinal plants for both animal and human diseases. The main source of those plant species was obtained from wild (83%) while 17% of the species were cultivated. Of the total 36 medicinal plants collected from the study area, the habit of a plant where about 69% trees followed by shrubs (22%), climbers (6%) and herbs (3%) in their decreasing order. The most commonly used plant parts were leaves and followed by root and fruit part in equal ranks. There was no uniform measurement used by the local healers in the study area. Female were more involved in selling the edible and medicinal plants than males.

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An Ethnobotanical Study of Plants in the Adjoining Area of Kafta Sheraro National Park Ethnic Groups, Ethiopia

Tewelde¹,

Mesfin²

2019

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“…Among fifty families documented from this present study, Asteraceae (formerly called Compositae) is the most prominent plant family used by traditional healers in To Manui ethnic. (Megersa et al 2019) also reported Asteraceae as the leading family followed by Fabaceae on treating toothache in Ethiopia. This is slightly different from the study results conducted by (Yulia et al 2017) in which Lamiaceae was determined as the most widely plant family used by the Topo Uma ethnic group in Sigi District, Central Sulawesi.…”

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“…Based on current information, 88% WHO member states have acknowledged their use of traditional medicine which corresponds to 170 member states (Anon 2019). According to WHO data, the developing countries populations utilized medicinal plants for treating ailments and diseases as of 65 to 80% and tend to quickly expand across the world (Megersa et al 2019). Basic health research conducted by the Ministry of Health of Republic of Indonesia in 2018 reported that as many as 48% of Indonesia's population in all age categories used traditional health services in the form of traditional medicines (Anon 2019).…”

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Diversity of medicinal plants utilized by To Manui ethnic of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Rahmawati¹,

Mustofa²,

Haryanti³

2020

Biodiversitas

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Abstract. Rahmawati N, Mustofa FI, Haryanti S. 2020. Diversity of medicinal plants utilized by To Manui ethnic of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 375-392. The present study reports the utilization of medicinal plants as medicines for the treatment of various diseases among the people of To Manui tribe in Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. Data collecting was conducted based on purposive random sampling to five selected traditional healers who fulfilled some inclusion criteria. The results showed as of 89 species of medicinal plants distributed in 50 families and 80 genera have been documented to have any pharmacological effects against 37 diseases and illnesses. Curcuma longa L. was determined as the most frequent medicinal plant used by traditional healers in To Manui for treating diabetes mellitus as well as after-birth treatment. However, conservation of some medicinal plants needs to be initiated in the study area especially Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br. as it is recognized in International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List as Least Concern (LC) of conservation status.

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“…Ethnomedicinal uses of E. kebericho have been recorded for human and livestock ailments. Reported ailments treated by E. kebericho include wound infections, toothache tonsillitis, stomachache, gonorrhea, respiratory manifestations, febrile illness, lung tuberculosis, trypanosmiasis, typhoid, tonsilitis, tooth ache, typhus, common cold, cancer, hypertension, colic, cough, and malaria [11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. It is also used to treat scabies, headache, cough, fumigation during childbirth, and mosquito repellent [12].…”

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Antibacterial Activities of Essential Oil and Fractions of Ethanolic extract of Echinops kebericho Tuber

Deyno¹,

Hope²,

Bazira³

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Background: Echinops kebericho is an endemic medicinal plant in Ethiopia traditionally used for treatment of various infectious diseases through different routes of administration such as inhalation, orally chewed, and topically sprayed to affected area. This study investigated antibacterial activity of the essential oil (EO) and the different fractions of ethanolic extract of Echinops kebericho tuber.Results: MIC of EO ranged from 78.125 µg/ml – 625 µg/ml and it was most active against methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA, NCTC 12493). Ethyl acetate fraction showed better activity against MRSA (NCTC 12493), MIC = 39.075 µg/ml followed by E. faecalis (ATCC 49532), MIC = 78.125 µg/ml and was least active against K. pneumonia (ATCC 700603), MIC = 1250 µg/ml. MIC of hexane fraction ranged from 156.2- µg/ml to E. faecalis (ATCC 49532) to 1250 µg/ml to E. coli (NCTC 11954). Chloroform fraction MIC ranged from 312.5 - 2500µg/ml; while butanol fraction could be considered pharmacologically inactive as its MIC value is 2500 µg/ml for all and no activity shown for E. coli (NCTC 11954). The MIC of DMSO against all strains ranged 12.5- 25 % w/v. The MIC estimated by OD measurement correlated well with that of resazurin assay method.Conclusion: Essential oil and ethyl acetate fraction showed noteworthy antibacterial activity, and MRSA was the most susceptible strain. Further study, however, should be done to investigate the effect on the isolated active component(s).

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The Use of Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Toothache in Ethiopia

Cited by 33 publications

References 105 publications

An Ethnobotanical Study of Plants in the Adjoining Area of Kafta Sheraro National Park Ethnic Groups, Ethiopia

An Ethnobotanical Study of Plants in the Adjoining Area of Kafta Sheraro National Park Ethnic Groups, Ethiopia

Diversity of medicinal plants utilized by To Manui ethnic of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Antibacterial Activities of Essential Oil and Fractions of Ethanolic extract of Echinops kebericho Tuber

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