ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2020
Herbal Medicine Use During Pregnancy: A Review of the Literature With a Special Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Systematic review and meta-analysis of complementary and alternative medicine use during pregnancy in Iran.BMJ open · 2026Pooled it
- Therapeutic Potential of Latin American Medicinal Plants in Oral Diseases: From Dental Pain to Periodontal Inflammation-A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of herbal medicine use for maternal conditions in Tanzania: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of herbal and traditional medicine in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 20-year studies.Systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence, motivation, and associated factors of medicinal herbs consumption in pregnant women from Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office: a systematic review.Pharmaceutical biology · 2023Pooled it
- Heavy metals and pesticides in medicinal plants: environmental sources, plant responses, and human health risk assessment.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Review
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- Usage of traditional medicine during pregnancy and the associated factors among Basotho women.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- Use of Traditional Herbal Medicines during Pregnancy in Rwanda: Perspectives from Community Health Workers and Traditional Healers.Rwanda journal of medicine and health sciences · 2025Article
- Motivations for Herbal Medicine use During Pregnancy and Childbirth in Butiama District, Tanzania: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Benefits of Traditional Medicinal Plants to African Women's Health: An Overview of the Literature.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Medication Use During Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study in Western Uganda.Health science reports · 2025Article
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- An ethnopharmacological survey of herbal medicines use among pregnant and postpartum women in Souss Massa (Morocco).Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Ethnopharmacological considerations of plants traditionally used by local communities to manage maternal conditions in Tanzania: a scoping review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
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- Advancing the safe motherhood initiative: A qualitative and sentiment analysis of local physician's perspectives on antibiotic self-medication during pregnancy in a low- and middle-income country.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Do socio-cultural practices by elderly women influence obstetric complications? A study in Limpopo province.Curationis · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Determinants of Self-Medication Among Pregnant Women at an Antenatal Clinic at Soba Teaching Hospital, Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
- Investigating Pregnant Women's Attitudes toward Herbal Remedies: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Herbal medicine use has grown considerably worldwide among pregnant women, and is particularly widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. However, herbal medicines used across sub-Saharan Africa are associated with important research gaps and a lack of regulatory framework. This is particularly problematic, as herbal medicine use during pregnancy raises several concerns attributed to the herbal ingredient itself, conventional drug-herbal medicine interactions, and contamination or adulteration of herbal remedies. Moreover, several local herbal remedies used by sub-Saharan African pregnant women have never been botanically identified. In this review, an overview of the practice of herbal medicine, including the regulations, challenges and overall safety, is provided. Then, we discuss the prevalence of herbal medicine use during pregnancy across different sub-Saharan African countries, as well as the indications, adverse outcomes, and effectiveness of the most commonly used herbal medicines during pregnancy in that region.
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