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{"title":"Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants and Conservation Status Used to Treat Human and Livestock Ailments in Fadis District, Eastern Ethiopia","authors":"Bekele Kindie, Chala Tamiru, Tahir Abdala","doi":"10.11648/J.IJHNM.20210701.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJHNM.20210701.12","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted to document medicinal plants, and indigenous knowledge, used to treat human and animal ailments. Eighteen key informants were selected purposely and eighty one informants were selected randomly. Ethnobotanical data were gathered using semi-structured interviews, field observations and group discussions. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The Ethnomedicinal use of forty plant species was recorded distributed as twenty one families. Solanaceae were the highest number of medicinal plants consisting of 6 (28.57%) species followed by Fabaceae (14.29) species. 18 plant species were used to treat humans, 2 species used to treat livestock and 20 were used for both human and livestock disease. The growth habits of medicinal plants shrubs were highly constituted (47.5%) followed by herbs (32.5%). Poundings is the highest method of preparation constituted (29.41%) followed by crushing (16.80%). The most common used plant parts were the leaves (36.36%) followed by roots (19.69%). The most commonly used route of administration was oral followed by dermal. Stomachache, Malaria, evil eye, headache, and intestinal parasite the highest ICF value > 93. People in the study area have their own ways of managing health problems of humans and livestock. The study indicated that the Fedis district possesses rich indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants and it’s used to treat animal and livestock diseases. The major threats to MPs and associated knowledge are lost due to agricultural expansion, charcoal productions, and unsustainable use of medicinal values.","PeriodicalId":170473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Homeopathy & Natural Medicines","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115737408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Under Nutrition and Its Determinants among Adults Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis","authors":"Tesfa Mengie, Demeke Dejen, Temesgen Muche, Lemma Getacher","doi":"10.11648/J.IJHNM.20210701.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJHNM.20210701.11","url":null,"abstract":"Under nutrition and human immune deficiency virus/HIV have a vicious cycle. This study aimed to assess the pooled prevalence of under nutrition and determinants among adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia. Google scholar, PubMed, Cochrane library and web of science data bases were searched. Studies were assessed using risk of bias assessment tool. The heterogeneity of study was assessed using I2 test statistics. Data were pooled and a random effect meta-analysis model was fitted to provide the prevalence of under nutrition. Twenty-one studies that satisfy the eligibility criteria were included. The pooled prevalence of under nutrition among adults receiving ART was 27.4% (95% CI: 24.4-31.4). The pooled analysis showed that lack of RUTF was more likely to lead to under nutrition [AOR=2.34 (95%CI: 1.85- 3.85)]. Also under nutrition was more likely among adults receiving ART with WHO clinical stage four [AOR=2.01 (95%CI: 1.91- 3.82). The pooled prevalence of under nutrition was high and Lack of RUTF as well as WHO clinical stage 4 showed significant associations with under nutrition. This finding has implication to develop policy to improve under nutrition and to continue RUTF supplement program as an integral part of HIV/AIDS continuum of care.","PeriodicalId":170473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Homeopathy & Natural Medicines","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132566568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of Phytochemical Analysis of Selected Traditional Medicinal Plants in Ethiopia","authors":"Alemu Talema","doi":"10.11648/J.IJHNM.20200602.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJHNM.20200602.13","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this review is to identify which types of selected medicinal plants for phytochemical characteristics were analyzed and which one is not analyzed as Ethiopian levels. In this review, the most traditional medicinal plant species found and used in Ethiopia are chosen. The state of the phytochemical characteristics of selected medicinal plants was stated under the literature. The qualitative phytochemical characteristics, some of which are the most important phytochemicals such as Tannins, Alkaloids, Saponins, Cardiac Glycosides, Steroids, Terpenoids, Flavonoids, Phlobatannins, Anthraquinones, and Reducing Sugars are studied by researcher. Most studies reviled that some phytochemical properties present in some medicinal plants while some of phytochemical properties are absent in some medicinal plants as well as the phytochemical properties of some species were studied like Opuntia ficusindica (L.) Miller (Yebereha Kulkual), Eucalyptus globules Labill (Nech Bahir Zaf), Cordia Africana Lam. (Wanza), Foeniculum vulgare. (Ensilal). However, some most important phytochemical properties of medicinal plants like Barleria eranthemoides R. Br. Ex C. B. Cl. (Yesetaf), Premna schimperi Engl. (Chocho), Capparis tomentosa L. (Gumero), Tragia pungens (Forssk.) Mull. Arg. (Ablalit) and Cymbopogonsp. (Serdo), Tribulus terrestris L. (Kurinchit) are not studied in Ethiopia. This review has shown that traditional medicinal plants those phytochemical properties are not studied have various medicinal purpose like treating mastitis, preventing boils, Haemorrhoids, congestion, headache, hepatitis, liver, vertigo, stomatitis, kidneys, liver, and vision for treating anemia, hemorrhoid coughs, fluxes, and stomatitis in most animals and human beings. So that identifying the plants based on the investigation and analysis of phytochemical properties of such plant species are more important as Ethiopian levels.","PeriodicalId":170473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Homeopathy & Natural Medicines","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127061652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intraocular Pressure Changes After Intravitreal Bevacizumab Injection Alone or Combination of Bevacizumab and Triamcinolone Acetonide","authors":"N. Barakat, Y. Suleiman, Kahtan Jalloul","doi":"10.11648/J.IJHNM.20200602.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJHNM.20200602.11","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: To evaluate intraocular pressure changes after intravitreal injection of Bevacizumab alone or in combination with Triamcinolone Acetonide. Method: Our study included 63 eyes from the ophthalmology department at Tishreen University Hospital who had vascular retinal diseases. The patients were divided into two groups according to the indication of injection. The first group was injected with bevacizumab (B) at a concentration of 2.5mg / 0.1 ml and the second group was injected with the combination treatment of Triamcinolone Acetonide at a concentration of 2mg / 0.05ml with bevacizumab (B+TA) at a concentration of 1.25mg/ 0.05ml. Intraocular pressure was monitored on the Goldman applanation tonometry and values were recorded as follows: before injection, the second injection day, a week after injection, a month after injection and after three months. Results: The mean values of the intraocular pressure mean increased from the second day of injection in the study groups (B) and (B+TA) and the mean of the IOP values before injection (13.34-13.31 mmHg) respectively, and the IOP values showed the maximum in both groups after a week of the injection (17.81-17.31 mmHg) then began to decrease after a month and three months later to (17.34-17.06mmHg) and (17.6-16.75mmHg) mercury respectively, but they remained higher than they were before the injection, and the number of injections had no effect on intraocular pressure. Conclusion: intravitreal injections with both bevacizumab alone or in combination with triamcinolone acetonide resulted in a rise in intraocular pressure, and differences in pressure values were statistically significant within the same group during the studied time periods but were not statistically significant between the two groups, and the number of injections had no effect on intraocular pressure.","PeriodicalId":170473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Homeopathy & Natural Medicines","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127795813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dryness of the Oral Cavity in the Salivary Status of Overweight Women","authors":"A. Primasari, Keristian Perlindungan Hulu","doi":"10.11648/J.IJHNM.20190502.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJHNM.20190502.11","url":null,"abstract":"Overweight is a public health problem that may raise general health complication. Excess weight people often have complaints about the state of oral health especially salivary secretions. Saliva is very important for human life, not only for mastication digesting food and also cleaning and lubricating the oral cavity. reduced salivary production can increase the prevalence of dental caries. It is known that people who are overweight have teeth with numbers of caries. it is suspected that the complaint of people who have overweight, may have feeling of dryness in the oral cavity. this can be the cause of poor oral hygiene. The aim of this research to know the difference of average amount status of saliva in women with normal weight, overweight and obesity. This research analitic study with cross-sectional design. Retrieval of unstimulated saliva was done with the method of draining at 60 persons: 20 persons normal weight, 20 persons overweight and 20 persons obesity. Salivary pH measurements using Hanna instruments and measurement of flow rate and volume using digital scales. The result of Kruskal-Wallis test showed that different significant status of saliva in women with normal weight, overweight and obesity. The conclusion of this research that overweight will influence oral cavity status of saliva. The higher of weight of an individual, getting lower of flow rate, volume and pH saliva. This condition may cause dry mouth and increase the prevalence of caries of the teeth.","PeriodicalId":170473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Homeopathy & Natural Medicines","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133066726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exclusive Breast Feeding Prevalence and Associated Factors an Institutional Based Cross Sectional Study in Bahir dar Northwest Ethiopia","authors":"Ewnetu Bazie, Amsalu Birara, G Ewenat, Hanna","doi":"10.11648/J.IJHNM.20190501.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJHNM.20190501.17","url":null,"abstract":"Exclusive breastfeeding is accepted as the best natural form of infant feeding up to six months and has a protective effect against morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of exclusively breastfeeding and associated factors during the first six months among mothers who was attending in Bahir Dar public health centers and private pediatric clinics. An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted on mothers with infants six-twelve months of age. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to determine the final sample size of 634 participants. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select the eligible mothers. The result show that, The overall rates of exclusively breast feeding were 46.7%. Mothers who are currently in union [(AOR=0.176 (0.058, 0.536)], urban residence mothers [(AOR=0.375 (0.211, 0.664)], not sick infants [(AOR=4.441 (2.404, 8.094)], adequate knowledgeable mothers [(AOR=3.570 (2.367, 5.383)] and favorable attitude mothers [(AOR=2.537 (1.729, 3.724)] were significant association towards exclusively breast feeding. Exclusively breast feeding was significantly low in Bahir Dar city administration health care facility attendant mothers.. Therefore health education should be focused on urban societies, mothers with sick infants, to raise their knowledge and change attitude of mothers towards the many benefit of exclusive breast feeding both in public and private health care facilities so as to increase the prevalence of exclusive breast feeding.","PeriodicalId":170473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Homeopathy & Natural Medicines","volume":"185 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116144589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Differences of Wound Healing in the Buccal Part and Oral Mucosa Labial After Giving Lemongrass Extracts (Cymbopogon ciratus)","authors":"A. Primasari, Edikin Raja Sinulingga","doi":"10.11648/J.IJHNM.20190501.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJHNM.20190501.16","url":null,"abstract":"Lemongrass is one of the plants that widely used as traditional medicine in Indonesia. Lemongrass contains bioactive substances such as flavonoids, phenolic acids and tannins which act as anti-inflammatory and antioxidants that influence the wound healing process. The aim of this study was to compare the differences in buccal and labial mucosal wound healing, and to see the effect of lemongrass extract on the process of increasing oral mucosal epithelial thickness in white rats. This research is a pure experimental design with a post test-only design with control design. This study used 21 white rats divided into 3 groups where the first group of 100% lemongrass extract, the second group of 50% lemongrass extract, and the third group as the treatment that was not treated. The results of the One-way ANOVA and Post-hoc LSD test on the buccal mucosa showed significant differences with the labial mucosa. There were no significant differences in the buccal section with the second group and the third group p = 0.74 (p <0.05). There were no significant differences in the labial section with the first and second groups, but there were significant differences with the third group p = 0.003 (p <0.05). The effect of lemongrass extract has effectiveness in accelerating healing of oral mucosal wounds in white rats. There was also an increase in the thickness of the oral mucosal epithelium after administration of lemongrass extract with concentrations of 100% and 50%. Based on the research that has been done it can be concluded that healing wounds of the buccal mucosa heal faster than labial mucosal wounds because the buccal part contains saliva which has an important role in the wound healing process.","PeriodicalId":170473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Homeopathy & Natural Medicines","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129920695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Management of Cancer in Ayurveda, Siddha & Herbology","authors":"D. Kundu","doi":"10.11648/J.IJHNM.20190501.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJHNM.20190501.15","url":null,"abstract":"In 21 century our Health is in Danger. From every corner of the world people are having some health problems due to environmental pollution incl. electromagnetic radiation, which leads to oxidative stress, double strand breaks in cellular DNA, breakdown of the blood-brain barrier, Loss of melatonin and Cancer. Urban lifestyle is also the greatest cause of oxidative stress. Oxidative stress in body increases like anything and we start cellular aging, got some morbid diseases as a gift and finally death. Insecticides and agrochemicals are the cause of acute and persistent injury to the nervous system, lung damage, injury to the reproductive organs, dysfunction of the immune and endocrine systems, birth defects, may affect the human endocrine and immune systems and may promote the development of cancer. Health effects of pesticides range from mild allergies, rashes, breathing difficulties, neurotoxicity and reproductive abnormalities to deadly chronic diseases like cancer. In this article author traces the linkages of environmental pollution, lifestyles, oxidative stress and related factors to the development of cancer, and the role Ayurveda and Siddha can play in management.","PeriodicalId":170473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Homeopathy & Natural Medicines","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132121427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of Milk Protein Hydrolysate on Some Hematological Parameters of Type II Diabetic Rats","authors":"M. El-Sayed, S. Awad, M. Yousef, A. Wahba, A. Attar, M. Zedan","doi":"10.11648/J.IJHNM.20190501.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJHNM.20190501.14","url":null,"abstract":"Milk protein-derived bioactive peptides could be used in human nutrition in both newborns and adults, since they are claimed to be health-improving components that can be used to reduce the risk of disease or to enhance certain physiological functions. This study investigated the effect of oral intake of milk protein concentrate (MPC) and milk protein concentrate hydrolysate (MPCH) on body weight, organ relative weight, and hematological parameters in alloxan-induced diabetes rats. The animals were divided into six major groups after stabilization of diabetes for one week. Diabetic and non-diabetic rats groups were received intra-gastric dose of MPC or MPCH (150mg/kg B.W) for six weeks. Feed treatment by MPC and MPCH significantly ( P P P <0.05) decrease of Monocytes in diabetic and non-diabetic rats, while the oral intake of MPC had no affected on Monocytes of diabetic and non-diabetic rats. MPC and MPCH reduced the harmful effect of T2D on body weight, organs weights of rats, and improvement most hematological parameters of normal and diabetes rats.","PeriodicalId":170473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Homeopathy & Natural Medicines","volume":"364 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122059492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of Untreated Water Flow Rate at Certain Temperature on the Discharge of Treated Water","authors":"M. A. Ullah, M. Aslam, R. Babar","doi":"10.11648/J.IJHNM.20190501.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJHNM.20190501.12","url":null,"abstract":"The origin and continuation of mankind is based on water. Water is one of the most abundant resources on earth, covering three-fourths of the planet’s surface. Water is one of the earth’s most abundant resources, covering about three-quarters of the planet’s surface. The reason for this apparent contradiction is, of course, that - 97.5% of the earth’s water is salt water in the oceans and only 2.5% is fresh water in ground water, lakes and rivers and this supplies most human and animal needs. It would be feasible to address the water-shortage problem with seawater desalination; however, the separation of salts from seawater requires large amounts of energy which, when produced from fossil fuels, can cause harm to the environment. The discharge from desalination plants is almost entirely water, and .01 percent is salt. Desalination is a process that extracts minerals from saline water. Solar-powered desalination technologies can be used to treat non-traditional water sources to increase water supplies in rural, arid areas. Water is the basis of life, the origin of human endurance, and the prime material base to guarantee the economy significant development of a country. This solar desalination technique explains the diminutive and extensive-period feasibility of via solar energy as a system to influence desalination. Seawater and briny water were considered, as well as liquid waste. This protocol summarizes that solar desalination expenditure remains lower to exchange saline water into clean water. Water scarceness is a rising dilemma for large regions of the world. Access to safe, fresh and pure clean drinking water is one of the most important and prime troubles in different parts of the world. Among many of water cleansing technologies solar desalination/distillation/purification is one of the most sustainable and striking method engaged to congregate the supply of clean and pure drinkable water in remote areas at a very sound cost. Six types of dripper having discharge 3 - 8 lh-1 were installed one by one and measured discharge and volume of clean water indicated that at 6 lh-1 untreated water discharge have maximum evaporation and volume of clean water was 19.2 lh-1 at same temperature and radiations. Now strategy was developed that when increased the temperature the intake discharge of untreated water must be increased and salt drained water two times more than treated water.","PeriodicalId":170473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Homeopathy & Natural Medicines","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133573466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}