Yineger Haile, Yewhalaw Delenasaw, Teketay Demel
Department of Biology, Jimma University, P,O, Box 5195, Jimma, Ethiopia.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2008 Apr 29;4:11. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-4-11.
An ethnomedicinal study was conducted to document the indigenous medicinal plant knowledge and use by traditional healers in southwestern Ethiopia from December 2005 to November 2006. Data were collected from 45 randomly selected traditional healers using semi-structured interviews and observations. Sixty-seven ethnomedicinal plant species used by traditional healers to manage 51 different human ailments were identified and documented. Healers' indigenous knowledge was positively correlated with their reported age but not with their educational level. High degree of consensus was observed among traditional healers in treating tumor (locally known as Tanacha), rabies (Dhukuba Seree) and insect bite (Hadhaa). The use of more than one species was significantly cited for remedy preparations. The reported abundance of the ethnomedicinal plant species varied significantly with respect to the presence of multiple uses of the reported species. Our results showed that ethnomedicinal plant species used by healers are under serious threat due to several factors, which indicates the need for urgent attention towards their conservation and sustainable utilization.
2005年12月至2006年11月，在埃塞俄比亚西南部开展了一项民族药用植物研究，以记录传统治疗师对本土药用植物的知识及应用情况。通过半结构化访谈和观察，从45名随机挑选的传统治疗师处收集数据。共识别并记录了传统治疗师用于治疗51种不同人类疾病的67种民族药用植物。治疗师的本土知识与他们报告的年龄呈正相关，但与教育水平无关。传统治疗师在治疗肿瘤（当地称为Tanacha）、狂犬病（Dhukuba Seree）和昆虫叮咬（Hadhaa）方面达成了高度共识。在药物制备中，显著提及使用了不止一种植物。所报告的民族药用植物物种的丰富程度因所报告物种的多种用途的存在而有显著差异。我们的研究结果表明，由于多种因素，治疗师使用的民族药用植物物种正面临严重威胁，这表明需要对其保护和可持续利用给予迫切关注。
