Phytotherapy in Ghana

Abstract: Traditional medicine is very popular in all social strata of Ghanaian society. Due to the holistic nature of traditional medicine, causes of ailments are sought in not only the physical but also the socio-psychological being of the patient In tight of the increasing modernisation of the country, the documentation of ethnobotanical knowledge and protection of medicinal plants are of paramount importance. On this lines, this article explains the work of Ghana's Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine (CSRPM). Furthermore, an overview on phytochemical investigations and examples from the Ghanaian Pharmacopoea are

Keyword(s): Traditional Practitioners in Ghana

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