Background: Today, due to the still high rates of maternal death and incessant caesareans,
the high cost of pharmaceutical drugs, parturients are turning to traditional midwives to …

Underexplored Medicinal Plants from Sub-Saharan Africa: Plants with Therapeutic Potential
for Human Health examines a comprehensive selection of rarely explored plants that have …

Traditional medicines play an important role in health care provision in developing countries
as primary therapies and/or as complementary medicines. The aim of this study was to …

Introduction: Medicinal plants have been used for the treatment of both infectious and
noninfectious diseases by the majority of the world's population for many years. The low …

The indigenous people of the Eastern Cape residing within the richest plant biodiversity in
the world, including Africa's floral 'gold mine', have a long history of plant use for skincare …

In the past few years, African medicinal plants have received considerable attention, and it
has been lamented that the documentation of the continent's species that are used in …

Traditional medicine (TM) has been more popular among pregnant women worldwide and
has played a significant part in maternal health-care services in many nations. Herbs, herbal …

In rural Africa, the use of wild plants for medicinal purposes is widespread. Many
publications provide regional checklists of medicinal plants, but only a few of these …

In Paulshoek, Namaqualand, three research projects focusing on medicinal plants were
developed concurrently. The projects were based in the disciplines of anthropology, botany …