Amuri Bakari, Maseho Mwamba, Simbi Lumbu, Duez Pierre, Byanga Kahumba
Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, Université de Lubumbashi (UNILU), 27 Avenue Kato, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Unit of Therapeutic Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Mons (UMONS), Bât 6, Chemin du Champ de Mars 25, 7000 Mons, Belgium.
Pan Afr Med J. 2018 Jul 18;30:218. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2018.30.218.11718. eCollection 2018.
Diabetes is becoming a public health burden for sub-Saharan countries due to its prevalence which is growing rapidly. Traditional medicine is more and more used to treat diabetes in RD Congo as well as in other African countries. This study was undertaken in order to list plants used in the management of diabetes by traditional healers in four agglomerations of southern area of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Forty-nine traditional healers were randomly met and interviewed about diabetes treatment in traditional medicine. The survey concerned the plant identification, their part used, method of preparation and the route of administration. The inquest concerned also traditional medicine users.
Ninety-five plants from 47 families were indicated as antidiabetic. Fabaceae (24.2%), Euphorbiaceae (7.4%), Apocynaceae and Strychnaceae (4.2 each) are the more representative families. This inventory showed that the root is the most used part of the cited plants, the decoction with water as the main preparation method and the oral administration as the principal way to give antidiabetic traditional formulations.
In Lubumbashi region, many plant species are used to treat diabetes either through traditional praticians or by anyone from well-known ancestral knowledge.
由于糖尿病在撒哈拉以南国家的患病率迅速上升，它正成为这些国家的一个公共卫生负担。在刚果民主共和国以及其他非洲国家，传统医学越来越多地被用于治疗糖尿病。本研究旨在列出刚果民主共和国加丹加省南部四个聚居区的传统治疗师用于管理糖尿病的植物。
随机走访了49名传统治疗师，就传统医学中糖尿病的治疗进行访谈。调查涉及植物的鉴定、使用的部位、制备方法和给药途径。调查还涉及传统医学使用者。
来自47个科的95种植物被指出具有抗糖尿病作用。豆科（24.2%）、大戟科（7.4%）、夹竹桃科和马钱科（各占4.2%）是最具代表性的科。这份清单表明，根是所提及植物中使用最多的部位，以水煮作为主要制备方法，口服是给予抗糖尿病传统制剂的主要途径。
在卢本巴希地区，许多植物物种被传统从业者或任何了解祖传知识的人用于治疗糖尿病。
