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Medicinal plants used by traditional medicine practitioners in treatment of alcohol-related disorders in Bushenyi District, southwestern Uganda

Samuel Maling, Jerome Kabakyenga, Charles Muchunguzi, Eunice Apio Olet, Mary Namaganda, Ivan Kahwa, et al.
Frontiers in Pharmacology Summary & key facts 2024 12 citations

Researchers interviewed 50 traditional medicine practitioners in a rural district of southwestern Uganda to record which plants they use to treat problems linked to drinking alcohol. They found 25 different plant species and clear patterns in how healers prepare and give these remedies, for example using leaves and drying plants…

African Botany and Ecology Studies Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Other
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