Medicinal plants used in managing diseases of the respiratory system among the Luo community: an appraisal of Kisumu East Sub-County, Kenya
Abstract Background Poor access to healthcare in rural communities causes many people to seek herbalists who use medicinal plants for the treatment of various disease conditions. Most knowledge of traditional herbal medicine makes use of indigenous remedies which are often undocumented and are at ri...
Main Authors: | James Kiamba Mailu, Joseph Mwanzia Nguta, James Mucunu Mbaria, Mitchel Otieno Okumu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-09-01
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Series: | Chinese Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13020-020-00374-2 |
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