PLANTS OF ZIMBABWE USED AS ANTI-FERTILITY AGENTS

Authors

  • C. R. Sewani-Rusike Walter Sisulu University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiology, P.Bag X1, Mthatha 5117, Republic of South Africa

Keywords:

antifertility, Zimbabwe, postcoital anticonceptive, abortifacient, contraceptive

Abstract

Ethnomedicine has gained a lot of recognition in post-independence Zimbabwe and yet little research on anti-fertility medicines has been done. Information on plants used as anti-fertility medicines was obtained by interviewing women, men, traditional healers and traditional midwives in urban Harare and surrounding rural areas of Mvurwi, Seke and Chiweshe. The use of 31 species belonging to 17 families for antifertility purposes is described. This survey forms a basis to initiate a study into the efficacy and toxicology of plants used by Zimbabwean women as traditional anti-fertility medicines.

Author Biography

C. R. Sewani-Rusike, Walter Sisulu University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiology, P.Bag X1, Mthatha 5117, Republic of South Africa

Walter Sisulu University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiology, P.Bag X1, Mthatha 5117, Republic of South Africa

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Published

2010-03-08

How to Cite

Sewani-Rusike, C. R. (2010). PLANTS OF ZIMBABWE USED AS ANTI-FERTILITY AGENTS. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 7(3), 253–257. Retrieved from https://athmsi.org/journals/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/1079

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Research Papers

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