Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used in Traditional Treatment of Diarrhoea in Humans and Cattle in ..

Ethnopharmacological Importance: An ethnobotanical survey was conducted using a questionnaire focusing on anti-diarrheal therapeutic habits in three regions of the country (two rural and one urban).

Methodology: Data on the plants was collected (local name, organs or part(s) of the plant used, therapeutic indications, harvesting methods, administration methods, side effects, and so on). The plants were collected in cooperation with traditional practitioners, and the specimens were identified at the National Floristic Center (Ivory coast). Twelve traditional healers and nine breeders were interviewed during the ethnobotanical survey, and all of them claimed to treat diarrhoea with plants. During the survey, twenty-seven species from eighteen different plant families were identified as having anti-diarrhoeal properties in humans or animals. They were all collected in the region, and a herbarium of each species was prepared in duplicate, with one deposited at the Felix Houphout-Boigny University's National Floristic Centre and the other at the Pasteur Institute of the Ivory Coast. Results: Decoction was the most popular method of preparation among practitioners, and the oral route remained the most common way for healers to administer plants. Many countries use these plants for the same or similar purposes.

Conclusion: Traditional medicinal plants play an important role in the treatment of diarrhoea in Ivory Coast, according to this report. It lays the groundwork for future research into the biological and chemical potential of these plants.

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