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Medicinal plants used by Luo mothers and children in Bondo district, Kenya
Journal of ethnopharmacology • 83 • Published In 2002 • Pages: 39-54
By: Geissler, Wenzel, Harris, Stephen A., Prince, Ruth Jane, Olsen, Anja, Odhiambo, R. Achieng, Oketch-Rabah, Helen, Madiega, Philister A., Andersen,Anne, Mølgaard, Per.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article describes the medical knowledge of women and children in a rural Luo community, western Kenya. Based on interviews with seven mothers, the article lists 91 plant remedies, out of which 74 are identified as remedies belonging to 69 different species. It concludes that the consensual core of Luo plan medicine is known by ordinary mothers and their children as well as by recognized healers.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Pharmaceuticals
- Ethnobotany
- Morbidity
- Theory of disease
- Ethnoanatomy
- Medical therapy
- Medical care
- Public health and sanitation
- Ethnozoology
- Sorcery
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Luo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Medical Researcher
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1995-1998
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1995-2002
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Luoland, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- P. Wenzel Geissler, Stephen A. Harris, Ruth J. Prince, Anja Olsen, R. Achieng' Odhiambo, Helen Oketch-Rabah, Philister A. Madiega, Anne Andersen, Per Mølgaard
- Includes bibliographical references ( p. 53-54)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sv 88033077
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)