ArticlePharmaceutical biology2022
Herbal remedies used by traditional healers to treat haemorrhoids in Tabora region, Tanzania.
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- Ethnomedicinal Evidence for Medicinal Plants of the Asteraceae Family Used by Tanzanians to Treat Various Ailments: A Review.BioMed research international · 2026Pooled it
- Ethnomedicinal Practices of the Fabaceae Family in Tanzania: A Systematic Review.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2026Pooled it
- An ethnobotanical review of medicinal plants used for treating hemorrhoids in Thailand.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Pooled it
- A comprehensive review of antimalarial medicinal plants used by Tanzanians.Pharmaceutical biology · 2024Pooled it
- Assessment of the perceptions and practices of traditional hemorrhoid healers in the North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Ethnobotanical Evidence of Medicinal Plants Used for Peptic Ulcers in Tanzania: A Systematic Review.Scientifica · 2026Review
- Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in management of breast cancers in Qatar.Heliyon · 2025Article
- Ethnomedical Knowledge of Plants Used in Traditional Medicine in Mampa Village, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2025Article
- Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Herbs Used by the Luguru Tribe Against Various Human Ailments in Morogoro Rural District, Tanzania.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2025Article
- Ethnomedical knowledge of plants used in alternative medicine to treat hemorrhoidal diseases in Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga province, Southern Democratic Republic of Congo.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Article
- An ethnobotanical study of wild edible fruits in miombo woodlands of Tabora region in Western Tanzania.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2024Article
- Antiasthmatic Medicinal Plants of Tanzania: An Ethnomedicinal and Ethnopharmacological Review.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2024Review
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Abstract
contextHaemorrhoids are one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders in humans. In Tanzania, particularly in the Tabora region, medicinal plants (MPs) are used by traditional healers (THs) to treat haemorrhoids, but no study has explicitly attempted to compile these treatments.
objectiveThis study documents MPs used by THs of the Tabora region in Tanzania to treat haemorrhoids. MATERIALS AND
methodsA semi-structured questionnaire was used to gather ethnobotanical data from 44 THs on MPs used to treat haemorrhoids, parts used, preparation methods and administration routes. The collected ethnobotanical data were analysed by computing percentage frequencies and relative frequency citations.
resultsTwenty-six MPs belonging to 19 families and 25 genera, used to manage haemorrhoids, were documented. Fabaceae was the dominant family (four species), whereas shrubs constituted a high proportion (38.46%) of the MPs, and the root was the most (30.3%) utilized plant part. Decoction (38.5%) and topical application (53.8%) were the most preferred preparation and administration techniques. Most MP materials (76.9%) were sourced from the wild.
conclusionsThis study has documented valuable MPs used to manage haemorrhoids and provides a basis for further studies to discover efficient and affordable anti-haemorrhoid drugs.
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