Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2012 Oct 31;144(1):1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.07.018. Epub 2012 Sep 10.
A study was undertaken in 12 local government areas (LGAs) of Edo State located in central southern Nigeria, representing 66.6% coverage, in order to obtain an inventory of the major medicinal plants used in folk medicine to treat arterial hypertension. One hundred and eighty nine respondents who were mainly traditional medical practitioners and were knowledgeable in the medicinal plants for treating hypertension were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaire administered by trained interviewers. The inventory of medicinal plants is summarized in a synoptic table, which contains the scientific, vernacular and common names of the plants/frequency of citation, the part of the plant and method of preparation of recipes. The study indicated 70 plants belonging to 67 genera in 43 families are commonly prescribed. Of these plants, 39 species are cultivated, 29 species grow in the wild, while only 2 both grow wild and also cultivated. Ninety three herbal antihypertensive recipes are recognized and are mainly prepared as decoctions, infusions, powders and juice. The leaf (43%) represented the dominant morphological part often included in recipes. Plants frequently included in antihypertensive recipes were Allium species, Persea americana, Acalypha godseffiana, Zingiber officinale, Sida acuta, Hunteria umbellata, Rauwolfia vomitoria, Viscum album and Aframomum melegueta.
一项研究在尼日利亚中南部的江户州的 12 个地方政府行政区（LGAs）进行，这些地区代表了 66.6%的覆盖率，旨在获取用于治疗动脉高血压的民间医学中主要药用植物的清单。189 名受访者主要是传统的医疗从业者，他们对治疗高血压的药用植物有一定的了解，使用由经过培训的采访者管理的半结构化问卷进行了采访。药用植物的清单总结在一个概要表中，其中包含植物的科学名称、当地名称和常见名称/引用频率、植物部位和配方的制备方法。研究表明，共有 70 种植物属于 43 个科的 67 属，通常被处方使用。在这些植物中，有 39 种是栽培的，29 种是野生的，只有 2 种既野生又栽培。有 93 种草药降压配方被认可，主要是作为汤剂、浸剂、粉末和汁液制备。叶（43%）是最常包含在配方中的主要形态部分。经常包含在降压配方中的植物有葱属植物、美洲油桃、皱叶酸模、姜黄、三叶鬼针草、九头狮子草、箭叶淫羊藿、槲寄生和阿魏。
