期刊名称：International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation
电子版ISSN：2141-243X
出版年度：2011
卷号：3
期号：14
页码：709-714
DOI：10.5897/IJBC.9000130
语种：English
出版社：Academic Journals
摘要：Traditional medicine is an integral part of the culture of the Ethiopian people due to its long period ofpractice and existence. The present study was conducted to identify the medicinal plants used to treathuman ailments in Hawzen district, Northern Ethiopia. Twenty informants including six females wereselected purposefully for semi-structured interview with the help of local elderly people. Ethnobotanicaldata was collected between January and February 2011 on seven field trips made to the site. Thirty-three species of medicinal plants were collected and identified for treating 25 human ailments. Most (17,51.5%) of the traditional medicinal plants were collected from the wild stands and leaves (65%) androots (17%) were the most commonly used plant parts for herbal preparations. Most (85.7%) of thetraditional medicinal plant preparations were used in fresh form. Oral, dermal and nasal were the routesof application of remedies. Squeezing, grinding, boiling, chewing, crushing and tying were the methodsof remedy preparation. Leaves were mainly harvested part for traditional medicine preparation in thearea; the practice does not affect the sustainable utilization of the medicinal plants.
