Department of Bioscience Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2010 Feb 15;6:8. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-6-8.
An ethnobotanical survey was undertaken to record information on medicinal plants from traditional medical practitioners in Babungo and to identify the medicinal plants used for treating diseases.
Traditional Medical Practitioners (TMP's) who were the main informants were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaires and open-ended conversations. Field trips were made to the sites where TMP's harvest plants.
The survey identified and recorded 107 plants species from 54 plant families, 98 genera used for treating diseases in Babungo. The Asteraceae was the most represented plant family while herbs made up 57% of the total medicinal plants used. The leaf was the most commonly used plant part while concoction and decoction were the most common method of traditional drug preparation. Most medicinal plants (72%) are harvested from the wild and 45% of these have other non medicinal uses. Knowledge of the use of plants as medicines remains mostly with the older generation with few youth showing an interest.
A divers number of plants species are used for treating different diseases in Babungo. In addition to their use as medicines, a large number of plants have other non medicinal uses. The youth should be encouraged to learn the traditional medicinal knowledge to preserve it from being lost with the older generation.
本民族植物学调查旨在记录巴邦戈传统医学从业者使用的药用植物信息，并确定用于治疗疾病的药用植物。
主要信息提供者传统医学从业者（TMP）接受了半结构化问卷和开放式对话采访。实地考察了 TMP 采集植物的地点。
该调查在巴邦戈识别并记录了 54 个科的 107 种植物物种，用于治疗疾病的 98 属。菊科是最具代表性的植物科，而草药占总药用植物的 57%。叶子是最常用的植物部分，而煎剂和汤剂是传统药物制备最常用的方法。大多数药用植物（72%）是从野外采集的，其中 45%具有其他非药用用途。植物作为药物的知识主要保留在老一辈人手中，很少有年轻人对此感兴趣。
在巴邦戈，大量植物物种用于治疗不同疾病。除了用作药物外，大量植物还有其他非药用用途。应鼓励年轻人学习传统医学知识，以防止老一辈人失去这种知识。
