Medicinal Plants Used for Treating Reproductive Health Care Problems in Cameroon, Central Africa. Approximately 80% of the African population uses traditional plants to deal with health problems, basically because of their easy accessibility and affordability. This study was carried out to document indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants used by traditional healers and elders in the treatment of reproductive health care in the Bamboutos Division of the West Region in Cameroon, Central Africa. The research methods used included semi-structured interviews and participative field observations. For the interviews, 70 knowledgeable respondents (40 traditional healers and 30 elders) were selected via purposive sampling. Voucher specimens were collected with the help of respondents, processed into the Cameroon National Herbarium in Yaoundé following standard methods, identified with the help of pertinent floras and taxonomic experts, and submitted to Department of Botany at the University of Dschang. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze and summarize ethnobotanical information obtained. Informant consensus factors (ICF) were used to elucidate the agreement among informants on the species to be used in the treatment within a category of illness. The results showed that a total of 70 plant species from 37 families (mostly of the Asteraceae [8 species], Euphorbiaceae [7], and Acanthaceae and Bignoniaceae [4 each]) are used in the treatment of 27 reproductive ailments, with the highest number of species (37) being used against venereal diseases, followed by female (29) and male infertility (21), respectively. Leaves (47.3%) were the most commonly harvested plant parts and the most common growth forms harvested were the herbs (45.7%), followed by shrubs (30%). Sixty percent of plant material was obtained from the wild ecosystems. Herbal remedies were mostly prepared in the form of decoction (66.2%) and were taken mainly orally. Informant consensus about usages of medicinal plants ranged from 0.5 to 1.0 with an average value of 0.91. It can be concluded that medicinal plants have played and will continue to play major roles in the management of reproductive healthcare in the study area.

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中非喀麦隆用于治疗生殖保健问题的药用植物1。

中非喀麦隆用于治疗生殖保健问题的药用植物。大约 80% 的非洲人口使用传统植物来解决健康问题，主要是因为它们易于获取且价格实惠。这项研究的目的是记录中非喀麦隆西部地区班布托斯地区传统治疗师和长者在生殖保健治疗中使用的药用植物的本土知识。使用的研究方法包括半结构化访谈和参与式实地观察。通过有目的地抽样，选择了 70 名知识渊博的受访者（40 名传统治疗师和 30 名长者）进行访谈。凭证标本是在受访者的帮助下收集的，按照标准方法处理到位于雅温得的喀麦隆国家植物标本馆，在相关植物和分类学专家的帮助下进行鉴定，然后提交给昌大学植物学系。使用描述性统计分析和总结获得的民族植物学信息。知情者共识因子（ICF）用于阐明知情者之间对于用于治疗某一类疾病的物种的一致性。结果显示，共有37科70种植物（主要是菊科[8种]、大戟科[7]、爵床科和紫葳科[各4种]）用于治疗27种生殖疾病，其中治疗效果最高的是用于治疗性病的物种数量（37），其次是女性（29）和男性不育症（21）。叶子（47.3%）是最常收获的植物部分，最常见的收获生长形式是草本植物（45.7%），其次是灌木（30%）。百分之六十的植物材料来自野生生态系统。草药大多以汤剂形式制备（66.2%），主要口服。关于药用植物用途的知情共识范围为0.5至1.0，平均值为0.91。可以得出结论，药用植物已经并将继续在研究区的生殖保健管理中发挥重要作用。