Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
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Gemachu G

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• Research Article
  Significance of Traditional Medicinal Plants used for Treatment of Rabies at Ambo Town
  Author(s): Pagadala VK, Tsegaye B, Kebede N, Elias T and Gemachu G Pagadala VK, Tsegaye B, Kebede N, Elias T and Gemachu G
  
  Clinical study was conducted on Significance of Traditional Medicinal Plants Used for Treatment of Rabies Disease at Ambo Towna in west Shoa zone, Oromia regional state at the North East part of Ethiopia. The objectives of the study were to assess and document traditional medicinal plants used for curing rabies disease and to assess the traditional knowledge of native healer for curing rabies disease. Case Study was conducted by randomly selecting and interviewing by questionnaire with the help of translators and native traditional docter to gather information on the knowledge of medicinal plants used to diagnoses the rabies. 30 people on average were chosen for statistical analysis of which 50% were male and 50% female. Three species of plants were documented and assessed for the present investigations viz, Phytolacca dodecandra (Endod), Croton macrostachyus (Bisana) and Amaranthes s.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0412.1000207

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