Jaradat Nidal Amin, Ayesh Ola Ibrahim, Anderson Cynthia
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus, Palestine.
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus, Palestine.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2016 Apr 22;182:57-66. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.013. Epub 2016 Feb 13.
Folk herbal medicine knowledge and its utilization by aboriginal cultures are not only useful for conservation of cultural traditions and biodiversity, but also useful for community healthcare and drug discovery in the present and in the future.
Using a semi-structured questionnaire, an ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used for treatment of diarrhea in the West Bank/Palestine was investigated.
Information about fifty medicinal plants used for treatment of diarrhea, including the names of plants, parts used, mode and methods of preparation was obtained from 100 traditional healers and herbalists. This research is the first scientific work in the Middle East to collect data about plants used by traditional healers for treatments of diarrhea and their evidence based effects against this disease. The fidelity levels were 97% for Salvia fruticosa, Teucrium polium and Musa paradisiaca, 95% for Camellia sinensis and Aegle marmelos, 79% for Oryza sativa and Solanum tuberosum, 77% for Quercus boissieri, 66% for Psidium guajava, 56% for Anthemis palestina, 54% for Solanum nigrum and 52% for Juglans regia while the highest use and choice values were for S. fruticosa, T. polium and M. paradisiaca as well as the factor of informant's consensus for medicinal plants used for treatment of diarrhea was 0.505.The leaves were the most commonly used parts, followed by fruits, roots and rhizomes, while decoctions and infusions are the preferred methods of preparation.
The Palestinian traditional medicine is rich with herbal remedies for treatment of diarrhea in comparison with other countries, but most of these herbal remedies lack standard in-vitro and in-vivo evaluations to establish their antidiarrheal effects. Therefore, the information obtained can serve as a basis for further phytochemical and pharmacological studies to determine their efficacy and safety which might contribute to a better integration of Palestinian traditional medicine into the national health system in the future.
民间草药知识及其在原住民文化中的应用不仅有助于保护文化传统和生物多样性，也有助于当前及未来的社区医疗保健和药物研发。
通过半结构化问卷，对约旦河西岸/巴勒斯坦地区用于治疗腹泻的药用植物进行民族药理学调查。
从100名传统治疗师和草药师处获取了50种用于治疗腹泻的药用植物的信息，包括植物名称、使用部位、制备方式和方法。本研究是中东地区第一项收集传统治疗师用于治疗腹泻的植物数据及其针对该疾病的循证疗效的科学工作。药用鼠尾草、绵毛香科科和野香蕉的保真度为97%，茶树和木苹果为95%，水稻和马铃薯为79%，博伊斯栎为77%，番石榴为66%，巴勒斯坦春黄菊为56%，龙葵为54%，胡桃为52%，而药用鼠尾草、绵毛香科科和野香蕉的使用和选择价值最高，用于治疗腹泻的药用植物的信息提供者共识因子为0.505。叶子是最常用的部位，其次是果实、根和根茎，而煎煮剂和浸剂是首选的制备方法。
与其他国家相比，巴勒斯坦传统医学有丰富的治疗腹泻的草药，但这些草药大多缺乏标准的体外和体内评价以确定其止泻效果。因此，所获得的信息可作为进一步植物化学和药理学研究的基础，以确定其疗效和安全性，这可能有助于未来将巴勒斯坦传统医学更好地融入国家卫生系统。
