+44 330 818 7254Alebiosu Celestina Oluranti, Ugwah Oguejiofor Michael, Ugwah-Oguejiofor Chinenye Jane and Njan Anoka Ayembe.
This survey was carried out in randomly selected Local government areas in Sokoto, North West Nigeria in order to document plants used by traditional healers in the area for the management of Ulcer. Seventy traditional healers who claim to have knowledge and use medicinal plants for treating ulcer were interviewed. The documentation contains botanical, local, and common names of the plants and the plant parts used. It also contains the method of preparation and other ailments that are treated with them locally. Those plants that have been scientifically validated to have activity against ulcer were also noted in the documentation. Thirty-seven plants commonly used by traditional healers in the region were identified. The survey showed that plants from the various families including Mimosaecae, Anacardiaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Moraceae families are commonly used by traditional healers in North West Nigeria for the treatment of ulcer. The methods of preparation of the plants were usually by decoction or maceration. 51.35% of all plants have been validated scientifically as having ulcer properties. This documentation there serves as an inventory for plants used by traditional healers in Sokoto state to treat peptic ulcer disease.
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