Cross section study on knoweledge about Malawi’s poisonous plants among traditional medicine practitioners and users
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2020-06-10
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Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Abstract
It is undeniable that plants have an important role in the development of modern
medicine. But use of traditional medicine from plants is associated with devastating
side effects. Specific plants or combination of plants used as medicine are associated
with these effects hence this study will assess if traditional practitioners and users
have knowledge about these plants. The main objective is to explore knowledge
among traditional practitioners and users on poisonous plants that are used as
traditional medicine. This study is a cross sectional qualitative study exploring the
knowledge about poisonous plants in Blantyre urban and rural. This study will
therefore involve qualitative study method. The participants will be traditional
practitioners and users of traditional medicine both above 18 years old. These
participants will be those living or doing their business in Blantyre. The sampling
method will be purposive and convenient sampling method for the traditional
practitioners, but for the users will use convenient method. It is expected that by the
end of this research, we will identify the poisonous plants which people know and
use. The results of this study will be presented at College of Medicine (CoM)
research dissemination presentations which are held for students to present their
research findings.
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Research Subject Categories::PHARMACY