Department of Botany, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, South Africa.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2010 Jul 20;130(2):284-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.05.004. Epub 2010 May 7.
To document the ethnobotanical knowledge on antidiarrhoeal plant use by lay people in a rural community in northern Maputaland.
Interviews were conducted amongst homestead inhabitants, using structured questionnaires. The focus was on the medicinal plants which are growing in and around the immediate vicinity of the homesteads.
Twenty-three plant species are used in the study area to treat diarrhoea. Four plants (Acacia burkei, Brachylaena transvaalensis, Cissampelos hirta and Sarcostemma viminale) are recorded for the first time globally as an antidiarrhoel. The three antidiarrhoeal plants most frequently used in the study area are Psidium guajava, Catharanthus roseus and Melia azedarach (all three are exotic to South Africa), followed by Sclerocarya birrea and Strychnos madagascariensis which are indigenous. Seven of the 23 plant species are used in five different plant combinations for increased antidiarrhoeal efficacy.
The wide variety of plants that are used to treat diarrhoea in this area supports the traditional value that medicinal plants have in the primary health care system of the rural people in northern Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal.
记录北马普托兰农村社区民众对抗腹泻植物的民族植物学知识。
对聚居地居民进行访谈，使用结构化问卷。重点是研究在聚居地及其周围生长的药用植物。
在研究区域内，有 23 种植物被用于治疗腹泻。其中 4 种植物（Acacia burkei、Brachylaena transvaalensis、Cissampelos hirta 和 Sarcostemma viminale）被首次记录为全球抗腹泻植物。在研究区域内使用最多的三种抗腹泻植物是番石榴（Psidium guajava）、长春花（Catharanthus roseus）和苦楝（Melia azedarach）（所有三种植物均为南非外来种），其次是使君子（Sclerocarya birrea）和马钱（Strychnos madagascariensis），它们是本地植物。23 种植物中有 7 种用于 5 种不同的植物组合，以提高抗腹泻效果。
该地区用于治疗腹泻的植物种类繁多，这支持了药用植物在夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省北马普托兰农村人民初级卫生保健系统中的传统价值。
