Napagoda Mayuri Tharanga, Sundarapperuma Thamudi, Fonseka Diroshi, Amarasiri Sachinthi, Gunaratna Prabath
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka.
Allied Health Science Degree Programme, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka.
Scientifica (Cairo). 2018 Jun 3;2018:9395052. doi: 10.1155/2018/9395052. eCollection 2018.
The application of traditional medicinal plants as anti-inflammatory remedies has been practiced in Sri Lanka for thousands of years. Although there is a rich reserve of indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants, the preservation and the scientific validation of these claims are still in its infancy. Thus, the study was carried out in one of the administrative areas of Sri Lanka known as Gampaha District to assess the significance and contribution of medicinal plants in inflammatory conditions. The data were collected through semistructured and open-ended interviews from 458 volunteers. Ethnobotanical data were analyzed using the relative frequency of citation (RFC), family importance value (FIV), and use value (UV). Out of the total participants, 50.7% claimed the use of medicinal plants for the treatment of inflammatory conditions such as fever, cough, asthma, swellings, and pain in the joints. A total of 43 medicinal plants belonging to 28 plant families were mentioned, out of which (RFC = 0.23) was the most cited species. The most cited plant family was Fabaceae, and the family importance value was highest in Apiaceae. The majority of the nonusers of the herbal remedies mentioned that they would shift to herbal products if scientific information is available on the efficacy of these products.
在斯里兰卡，将传统药用植物用作抗炎药物已有数千年历史。尽管在药用植物方面有着丰富的本土知识储备，但对这些说法的保存和科学验证仍处于起步阶段。因此，该研究在斯里兰卡一个名为甘帕哈区的行政区开展，以评估药用植物在炎症病症中的重要性和作用。通过对458名志愿者进行半结构化和开放式访谈收集数据。利用引用相对频率（RFC）、科重要值（FIV）和使用价值（UV）对民族植物学数据进行分析。在所有参与者中，50.7%的人声称使用药用植物治疗炎症病症，如发烧、咳嗽、哮喘、肿胀和关节疼痛。共提及了属于28个植物科的43种药用植物，其中（RFC = 0.23）是被提及最多的物种。被提及最多的植物科是豆科，伞形科的科重要值最高。大多数未使用草药疗法的人表示，如果能获得这些产品功效的科学信息，他们会转向使用草药产品。
