The use of medicinal plants for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders and ethnodiseases
such as diarrhea, stomachache, dysentery,“empacho”(blockage), and bile is a common …

Gastrointestinal disorders are one of the major health problems in developing countries.
Sixty-five plants used popularly in the treatment of such disorders in a Mixe Indian …

Intestinal disorders continue to be a major health challenge worldwide especially due to the
increasingly fast development of resistance of bacterial strains against to the drugs currently …

Traditional medicine has strong roots in the Mexican population, particularly in areas where
the diversity of species of plants and ethnic groups is higher. Such is the case of the …

Accepted: Feb 24, 2014; Published: Mar 12, 2014 Abstract: Traditional medicine has strong
roots in the Mexican population, particularly in areas where the diversity of species of plants …

Background Oaxaca is one of the most diverse states in Mexico from biological and cultural
points of view. Different ethnic groups living there maintain deep and ancestral traditional …

Salmonella spp., as gram-negative and Staphylococcus aureus as gram-positive bacteria
were used as in vivo models for the antibacterial screening. An ethnobotanical survey about …

The use of medicinal plants for the therapy of diseases of the digestive system, where the
Andean peoples developed various forms of administration. The objective is to identify …

This paper describes the herbal remedies used by ethnic groups from Sonora, Mexico, for
treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Twelve types of these illnesses are cured using 85 …

Background The aim of this study was to document the types of diseases treated by the use
of medicinal plants, their main applications and also to have a report of the major diseases …