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2023, Texila International Journal of Nursing
Concern among health professionals has been raised by the ongoing rise in the prevalence of malaria in recent years. Herbal treatments have been deemed the most popular form of traditional medicine in Africa and a high percentage used it for malaria treatment. Poor health care services with unaffordable malaria have been a major barrier to malaria control. This study investigated the use and effectiveness of traditional medicine in treatment of malaria in Osun State, Nigeria. 15 people with malaria across the three senatorial districts of Osun State were selected, using snow balling sampling techniques. Experimental design was utilised to assess the level of knowledge on malaria. Descriptive survey was used to assess the use of traditional medicine, and true experiments to test efficacy of herbal medicine. This study found that respondents have inadequate knowledge of traditional medicine for treatment of malaria and lack adequate knowledge that anopheles mosquito cause malaria. However, use of traditional medicine is high among respondents, with most of the listed herbs achieving a significant point for mean (2.5). Majority of respondents either have malaria parasites hibernated and experience malaria relapse later or the herbal medicine used were ineffective in the first place. The effectiveness of these combined herbs is also dependent on the intensity of the malaria infection. The study concluded that traditional medicine is effective among just in a few of the respondents, who combined, prepared herbs appropriately and took it as prescribed by experienced herbs experts.
Journal of Medicinal Plants Research
The extent of use of herbal medicine in malaria management in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria2013 •
A survey to examine the extent of use of plants (herbal medicine) in the management of malaria was carried out in Ido/Osi Local Government Area (LGA) of Ekiti State, Nigeria. Pretested and structured questionnaires were administered to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of the people in the management of malaria with herbal medicines. Results showed that only 67.6% attributed the cause of malaria to mosquito bites and 88.1% identified malaria’s symptoms. Majority of the respondents (74.3%) use herbal medicine to treat malaria while 66.0% use modern medicine. Only 34.2% of the respondents among those who use both herbal and modern medicines combine the medicines at a time to treat malaria. Up to thirty-nine plants were mentioned to be used in herbal anti-malarial recipes in the area. As the number of respondents (67.6%) who knew the cause of malaria is not appreciable enough, there is need for more enlightenment programmes in the area. Since the respondents claimed tha...
Texila International Journal of Nursing
Knowledge, Perception and Utilization of Herbal Medicine in Treatment of Malaria in Southwestern Nigeria2023 •
Malaria control has been a challenge around the world for decades. In malaria endemic nations like Sub-Saharan Africa, traditional herbal medicine is the most common option for treating malaria. About 80% of the world's population relies on the use of herbal medicine to treat a variety of diseases, and the use of plant materials in the treatment of illnesses has continuously expanded. This study sought to assess the level of knowledge and attitudes towards the use of traditional medicine in the treatment of malaria in southwest Nigeria. Descriptive design and multistage sampling techniques were utilised. During the first stage, three States were chosen through a balloting process utilising random sampling methods. Four (4) sections of the questionnaire were used to collect sociodemographic data and other factors that were important to the achievement of the given objectives. The findings revealed that 31.7% of the respondents had inadequate knowledge about traditional medicine for treatment of malaria. 20.8% had positive perceptions to the common herbal medicines used in the treatment of malaria. Majority stated malaria is not a serious disease to be concerned about, and that traditional medicine is superior to modern medicine. Conclusively, the results highlighted the respondent’s lack knowledge on the consequences of traditional medicine. A strong correlation between traditional medicine uses and perception in the treatment of malaria in southwest Nigeria was also discovered. The result of the study prompted a recommendation that the public health department of the ministry of health need to intensify campaign against use of unapproved herbs for treatment of malaria. Keywords; Malaria, Herbal Medicine, Treatment of Malaria.
Herbal therapy involves the use of naturally occurring plant parts to treat ailments. It is an integral part of traditional medicine in Africa. Public perception to herbal therapy for the management of malaria in rural communities of Khana Local Government Area, Rivers State was examined. A cross sectional survey technique was used and out of 500 questionnaires distributed, only 316 (63.2%) was returned. The results indicated that 85.4% (P<0.05) of the respondents have used herbs as medicine, of which 98.7% (P<0.05) used it to treat malaria, 41.8% agreed to the effectiveness of herbs for the treatment of malaria and only 0.31% claimed it is not effective. Majority (78.2%) agreed to the regular availability and affordability of herbal medicine and 73.7% (P<0.05) claimed that it is safe to use herbs for malaria treatment. Although 53.2% of respondents claimed to get information about herbal medicine from family members, 94.9% and 95.3% advocated for its regulation and integration into the primary healthcare system respectively. Although the study revealed good knowledge of herbal therapy in the study area, there is need to educate the people on proper use of herbal therapy especially the safety. They should also be educated on appropriate home management strategy for malaria since majority engages in self-treatment.
Journal of ethnopharmacology
Ethnopharmacological use of herbal remedies for the treatment of malaria in the Dangme West District of Ghana2010 •
Malaria is one of the most important diseases in the world. Because of the devastating nature of the disease there is an urgent need to develop new drugs or vaccines for the treatment, prevention and management of the disease. The objective of the present study was to collect and document information on herbal remedies traditionally used for the treatment of malaria in the Dangme West District of Ghana. Data was collected from 67 indigenous households in ten communities in the district using a validated questionnaire. In total, 30 species of plants belonging to 28 genera in 20 families were reported to be used in the preparation of the herbal remedies. Mature leaves were the most (55%) common plant part used and 73.3% of the herbal remedies involved a single plant. Most of the herbal remedies were prepared by boiling and administered orally. The majority (47%) of the species of plants used were collected from their compounds or home gardens. Knowledge about malaria and treatment pra...
There has been an astronomical rise in the cost of developing drugs in the last four decades. This has had a resultant effect on public health and Nigeria is particularly negatively affected. As the world spends more money on drugs' R&D, the volume of innovative synthetic drugs dwindles. This trend points to the necessity for a paradigm shift in drug development strategy. Although herbal medicines offer a wide diversity of medicinal properties and have proven to be a boom for therapies, its clinical evidence mapping is largely lacking and thus cannot be integrated into Nigerian public health structures. Also, there is a high incidence ranking of malaria in Nigeria, and clinical evidence mapping of herbal anti-malarias might be the innovation to improve malaria control and elimination programs. Few or no studies have illustrated methods to engage herbal medicine clinics in Africa and perhaps none in Nigeria on ways to describe and evaluate clinical use of herbal medicines as anti-malarial in patients. Observational clinical studies could be carried out to estimate the efficacy and toxicities of herbal anti-malarias in clinical protocols and thus document any adverse effects. This should provide the needed opportunity to measure patient outcome in malaria patients exposed to the herbal drug in a clinical setting. This paper discuses the challenges to drug development in weak and fledgling economies, the dearth of clinical research on herbal anti-malarial therapies and the prospects of herbal clinical research to malaria control and public health in Nigeria.
Dutse Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences (DUJOPAS)
Malaria Endemicity: A Survey of Antimalarial Herbal Products in Ijebu Ode, Nigeria2023 •
Empirical evidence has shown that approximately 80% of the global population uses herbal medicines as primary care, especially in developing nations, particularly Nigeria. Despite this, an estimated 95% of global cases of malaria occur in Africa, with Nigeria accounting for approximately 27%. Therefore, the current study investigated the prevalence of antimalarial herbal medicinal products in Ijebu-Ode for the fight against malaria endemicity. It explored their regulatory registration and active plant components, considering the documented evidence of their use for treating malaria. A cross-sectional study was adopted in the collection of empirical data and analyzed in SPSS (version 23.0), while spatial data were analyzed in ARC-GIS, and the results were graphically presented using pictorial variables. The results revealed the availability of approximately 18 different antimalarial herbal products, of which 72.2% were registered with regulatory agencies. Similarly, the herbal products were shown to contain more than one plant species as their active component (Azadirachta indica (83.3%), Nauclea latifolia (55.6%), and Enantia chlorantia (44.4%), which may be responsible for multiple indications (typhoid (83.3%), yellow fever (38.9%), and cold (33.3%). The results of this study provide valuable insights for developing evidence-based policies to standardize and regulate herbal remedies, particularly for combating malaria and other endemic conditions. These findings have implications for public health and the development of effective strategies to address the challenges posed by malaria in Nigeria and other similar regions.
Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Survey of ethnobotanical cocktails commonly used in the treatment of malaria in southwestern Nigeria2021 •
Background Combination of different antimalarials has become the popular method of care for malaria morbidity in conventional and traditional treatment approaches due to the need to increase the efficacy and reduce the selection of drug resistance. A worrisome concern is the critical gaps with regards to the information available on antimalarial herbal cocktails. This study presents cocktail herbal remedies in ethnomedicinal approaches to malaria treatment in Oyo and Ogun states, South West Nigeria. Ethnobotanical information on indigenous antimalarials used in combination remedies was collected from herbal practitioners using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results Findings showed majority of respondents treat malaria with combination herbal remedies. They sighted their beliefs and customs, the efficacy, affordability and availability of these herbs as reasons for their adoption of herbal medicines as their preferred mode of treating malaria. Enquiry revealed 26 sets of cocktail a...
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