Assessment of Traditional Medicinal Plants used to treat human and livestock ailments and their threatening factors in Gulomekeda District, Northern Ethiopia
Journal Title: International journal of Emerging Trends in Science and Technology - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
About 80% of the total population of Ethiopia is depending on traditional medicine to treat different types of human illness. More than 90% livestock in Ethiopia rely on traditional medicine. This study was conducted in Gulomekeda district, Eastern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, to assess the Traditional Medicinal Plants used to treat human and livestock ailments and their threatening factors. Purposive sampling was employed to assess the traditional medicinal plants and local knowledge of the people in the study area. Data was collected by questionnaires and interviews to gather information on plant species used for medicinal plants, part(s) of plants used for medicine, methods of preparations, route of utilizations and source of the plants. A total of 34 medicinal plants, which belong to 27 families were recorded in the study area. The local people use the recorded plants to treat more than 24 different aliments of human and livestock. Leaf was the most frequently used plant part used to treat human disease, followed by root. Oral application was also widely used followed by dermal. Deforestation, drought, erosion, urbanization and overgrazing were found to be major threats to the existence of medicinal plants in the study area. Future policy on documentation of the traditional medicinal plants and research should also focus on proper conservation and development of pharmaceutical drugs from these traditional medicines
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Teklay Girmay
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