Kigen Gabriel, Kamuren Zipporah, Njiru Evangeline, Wanjohi Bernard, Kipkore Wilson
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Moi University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 4606-30100, Eldoret, Kenya.
Department of Internal Medicine, Moi University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 4606-30100, Eldoret, Kenya.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2019 Jan 1;2019:8976937. doi: 10.1155/2019/8976937. eCollection 2019.
Most of the plants used by herbalists amongst the various Kenyan communities have not been documented despite their widespread use. The purpose of this research was to document the medicinal plants used by the herbalists from the Maasai, a community that still relies on herbal medicine to a large extent for the provision of medical services. Semistructured interviews, direct observations, group discussions, and in-depth interviews were used to collect information from the traditional healers. A total of 47 plant species belonging to 31 families were identified. They were used in the treatment of 33 medical and 4 veterinary conditions.
尽管肯尼亚各社区的草药医生广泛使用多种植物，但其中大多数植物尚未被记录下来。本研究的目的是记录马赛族草药医生所使用的药用植物，马赛族在很大程度上仍然依赖草药来提供医疗服务。通过半结构化访谈、直接观察、小组讨论和深入访谈，从传统治疗师那里收集信息。共鉴定出31科的47种植物。它们被用于治疗33种医疗病症和4种兽医病症。
