ABSTRACT
An ethnobotanical survey on the medicinal plants used in treating different ailment in Umueze, Egbelu Nguru of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo state, Nigeria.The survey was conducted using oral interview, a local herbalist (Ethnomedicinal practitioner) as well as some elderly men and women were interviewed. The different plants were collected during field trips in December, 2015 as well as April and July, 2016. Result of this survey indicated that thirty six plants species belonging to twenty five families of plants featured as recipes in the preparation and treating of various diseases. The information provided in this paper included the plants used for medicinal purposes, plants parts used, mode of preparations and administration. It was indicated that irrespective of plant and plants parts or their combination used, water is the main medium for all medicinal preparations. Treatments regime include drinking of aqueous preparation until symptom disappeared. It was also discovered that these plants in combination were used in the treatment of ailment such as diabetes, malaria, high blood pressure, arthritis, convulsion, diarrhea etc. since these plants are of medicinal value and used to treat various ailment it becomes imperative to conserve them. To this end, the conservation of plants species of medicine importance should be pursued vigorously by both government and individual through establishment of park, botanical gardens and horticultural center in order to safe guard them from indiscriminate use, over exploitation and destruction.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page i
Dedication ii
Certification iii
Acknowledgment iv
Table of content v
Abstract vii
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Objective of
the Study 2
CHAPTER TWO
2.0
literature review 3
CHAPTER THREE
3.0
Materials and Methods 4
3.1
Area of Study 4
3.2
Collection of Ethnomedicinal Data 4
3.3
Identification of Medicinal Plants 4
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0
Result 6-21
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0
Discussion and Conclusion 22
5.1
Discussion 22
5.2
Conclusion
24
REFERENCES
Appendix
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
In
developing countries where western medicines are expensive, most of the
indigenes rely on indigenous plants for the treatment of various ailments.
Medicinal plants have been used since prehistorical times for the cure of
different ailments (Qureshi et al., 2009).
Again, with the ever changing resistance of malaria parasites to modern
medicines coupled with the well documented cases of antibiotic resistance (Wongsrichnalai
et al., 2002: Okeke, 2003; Shittu, et al., 2011). The local resort to the
combined used of different medicinal plants to curb this menace. Umueze is
inhabited by Igbo speaking people of Nigeria. The area belongs to the humid
tropic having the two peculiar dry and rainy seasons respectively. Though
several workers have documented medicinal plants from eastern Nigeria, the
information is scanty compared to those from other parts of the country (Ibe
and Nwufor, 2005; Obute, 2005; Ndukwu and Ogbonna et al., 2008; Njowundu et al.,
2010; Nwosu, 2002). Moreover, nothing has been documented from Ngor Okpala
generally. This present study is undertaken to first document the different
plants and their parts used by the People of Umueze in treating different
diseases as well as the preparation method and diagnosis. This will pave way
for further research on these plants to identify and isolate the different
active ingredients contained in them especially as the search for more
effective malarial drugs continues. The information contained herein will also
highlight the contributions of some plants to the general healthcare of the
people of Ngor Okpala.
1.1
Objective
of the Study
1. To
Study medicinal plants used to cure various ailments by the people of Umueze,
Egbelu Nguru.
2. To
document the different medicinal plants, their local names, botanical name, part
used, mode of preparation and extraction, and the type of ailment cured
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