George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA.
Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Kulanda Town, Bo, Sierra Leone; Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2015 May 26;166:200-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.03.028. Epub 2015 Mar 18.
Most adults in West Africa treat acute febrile illnesses with local herbs, but the patterns of herbs used for malaria have not been recently described in Sierra Leone.
We used a population-based cross-sectional approach to interview 810 randomly-sampled rural and urban adult residents of Bo, Sierra Leone, in December 2013 and January 2014 about their use of herbal remedies when they suspect they have malaria.
In total, 55% of the participants reported taking one or more of seven herbs to treat symptoms of malaria. Among herb users, the most commonly used anti-malarial herbs were Moringa oleifera (moringa, 52%) and Sarcocephalus latifolius (yumbuyambay, 50%). The other herbs used included Senna siamea (shekutoure, 18%), Cassia sieberiana (gbangba, 18%), Uvaria afzelii (gone-botai, 14%), Morinda chrysorhiza (njasui, 14%), and Craterispermum laurinum (nyelleh, 7%). Combination herbal therapy was common, with 37% of herb users taking two or more herbs together when ill with suspected malaria.
Indigenous medical knowledge about herbal remedies and combinations of local herbs remains an integral part of malaria case management in Sierra Leone.
大多数西非成年人会使用当地草药来治疗急性发热疾病，但最近尚未在塞拉利昂描述用于治疗疟疾的草药模式。
我们采用基于人群的横断面方法，于 2013 年 12 月至 2014 年 1 月在塞拉利昂博城随机抽取 810 名农村和城市成年居民进行访谈，了解他们在怀疑患有疟疾时使用草药治疗的情况。
共有 55%的参与者报告服用一种或多种七种草药来治疗疟疾症状。在草药使用者中，最常使用的抗疟草药是辣木（moringa，52%）和阔叶蛇菰（yumbuyambay，50%）。其他使用的草药包括番泻叶（shekutoure，18%）、腊肠树（gbangba，18%）、乌饭树（gone-botai，14%）、菝葜（njasui，14%）和Laurinia crassifolia（nyelleh，7%）。组合草药疗法很常见，37%的草药使用者在患有疑似疟疾时会同时服用两种或更多种草药。
关于草药疗法和当地草药组合的本土医学知识仍然是塞拉利昂疟疾病例管理的一个组成部分。
