Medicinal plants used by Luo mothers and children in Bondo district, Kenya.

摘要: In a follow-up to studies of school-children's medical knowledge among the rural Luo western Kenya, seven mothers were asked for their plant medicine, and 91 remedies mentioned by them collected, 74 these identified as 69 different species (in 13 cases, material did not allow identification species, in two only family could be identified, two, even this was possible). The results survey some comments on illness concepts are presented below briefly discussed relation earlier work school-children another medicine same district. article concludes that consensual core is known ordinary children well recognised healers. It shared resource, used women, mainly care children, it an expert domain knowledge, often, herbal or 'traditional' studied. medicinal plants, upon which many healers agree should examined further pharmacologically order assess efficacy against common infectious parasitic diseases found area Kenya.