Anxiolytic plants in Morocco. Ethnobotanical and ethno-pharmacological study | Les plantes anxiolytiques au Maroc. Études ethnobotanique et ethno-pharmacologique
2015
Doukkali, Z. | Bouidida, H. | Srifi, A. | Taghzouti, K. | Cherrah, Y. | Alaoui, K.
An ethnobotanical study was conducted in Morocco in order to identify at the national level medicinal plants used in traditional Moroccan medicine in the treatment of anxiety. Seventy (70) herbalists were interviewed individually and each delivered the plants used to combat anxiety disorders. Sixty-seven (77) medicinal species spread over 43 families have been reported and identified. Statistical analysis of data from the ethnobotanical investigation has inventory twenty priority plants. The leaves are the most used part, usually in the form of infusion. Were also analyzed data on the profile of herbalists whose average age of between 35 and 55 years, 69% of them have agreed to discuss their profile, 79% have an experience of over a decade, 46% are graduate, 65% undergo continuous training, and 37 treat and care for their families only by plants.
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