Comparison of plants used for skin and stomach problems in Trinidad and Tobago with Asian ethnomedicine
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2007-01-05
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Lans, Cheryl
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This paper provides a preliminary evaluation of fifty-eight ethnomedicinal plants used in Trinidad
and Tobago for skin problems, stomach problems, pain and internal parasites for safety and possible
efficacy. Thirty respondents, ten of whom were male were interviewed from September 1996 to
September 2000 on medicinal plant use for health problems. The respondents were obtained by
snowball sampling, and were found in thirteen different sites, 12 in Trinidad and one in Tobago. The
uses are compared to those current in Asia. Bambusa vulgaris, Bidens alba, Jatropha curcas,
Neurolaena lobata, Peperomia rotundifolia and Phyllanthus urinaria are possibly efficacous for stomach
problems, pain and internal parasites. Further scientific study of these plants is warranted.
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Cheryl Lans. Comparison of plants used for skin and stomach problems in Trinidad and Tobago with Asian ethnomedicine. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2007, 3 :3