Jeruto Pascaline, Lukhoba Catherine, Ouma George, Otieno Dennis, Mutai Charles
Department of Botany and Horticulture, Maseno University, P.O. Box 12577, Maseno, Kenya.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2008 Mar 5;116(2):370-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.11.041. Epub 2007 Dec 5.
The study of local knowledge about natural resources is becoming increasingly important in defining strategies and actions for conservation or recuperation of residual forests.
This study therefore sought to collect information from local populations concerning the use of Nandi Forest medicinal plants; verify the sources of medicinal plants used and determine the relative importance of the species surveyed.
Data was obtained using semi-structured forms to record the interviewee's personal information and topics related to the medicinal use of specific plants. A total of 40 medicinal plants used locally for the treatment and/or control of human ailments were collected through interviews conducted with selected traditional doctors and professional healers.
This study demonstrated that local people tend to agree with each other in terms of the plants use and that leaf material form the major component of plant parts exploited. The other harvested materials consist of stem bark, the roots and the whole plant, though at a lower intensity for making liquid concoctions from different plants. Majority of the remedies were prepared from a single species. In most cases, the mode of administration was oral. In the forest, some of the plants collected were scarce. This scarcity was attributed to indiscriminate logging, overexploitation, poor harvesting methods and current agricultural trends.
Conservation procedures and creation of awareness were identified as the main remedies to the current situation.
在制定残余森林保护或恢复的策略和行动时，对当地自然资源知识的研究变得越来越重要。
因此，本研究旨在收集当地居民关于南迪森林药用植物使用情况的信息；核实所使用药用植物的来源，并确定所调查物种的相对重要性。
使用半结构化表格获取数据，以记录受访者的个人信息以及与特定植物药用相关的主题。通过与选定的传统医生和专业治疗师进行访谈，共收集了40种当地用于治疗和/或控制人类疾病的药用植物。
本研究表明，当地人在植物使用方面倾向于达成共识，并且叶子材料是所利用植物部分的主要组成部分。其他收获的材料包括茎皮、根和整株植物，不过用于制作不同植物的液体药剂时强度较低。大多数药物是由单一物种制备的。在大多数情况下，给药方式为口服。在森林中，一些采集到的植物很稀少。这种稀缺归因于乱砍滥伐、过度开发、不良的采集方法和当前的农业趋势。
保护程序和提高认识被确定为应对当前状况的主要补救措施。
