França F, Lago E L, Marsden P D
Núcleo de Medicina Tropical e Nutricão, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 1996 May-Jun;29(3):229-32. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86821996000300002.
This paper records the plants used in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis (L(V)b) among the rural population of a cocoa-producing coastal area of Bahia state, Brazil. An enquiry conducted among a hundred patients identified 49 plants species used to treat skin ulceration caused by this Leishmania species. The principal plants used are caju-branco (Anacardium occidentale, Anacardiaceae), used by 65% of the population, folha-fogo (Clidemia hirta,Melastomataceae) 39%, alfavaca-grossa (Plectranthus amboinicus, Lamiaceae) 33%, mastruz (Chenopodium ambrosioides, Chenopodiaceae) 31%, erva-de-santa-maria (Solanum americanum, Solanaceae) (25%) and transagem (Plantago major, Plantaginaceae) 2%.
本文记录了巴西巴伊亚州一个可可生产沿海地区农村人口中用于治疗由巴西利什曼原虫（维氏亚属）（L(V)b）引起的皮肤利什曼病的植物。在100名患者中进行的一项调查确定了49种用于治疗由该利什曼原虫物种引起的皮肤溃疡的植物物种。主要使用的植物有白腰果（西方腰果，漆树科），65%的人口使用；火叶（希氏南美堇菜，野牡丹科），39%；大叶薄荷（安汶唇形花，唇形科），33%；土荆芥（土荆芥，藜科），31%；圣玛丽亚草（美洲茄，茄科），25%；大车前（大车前，车前科），2%。
