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1453707

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
Ethnobotanical data collection to select pharmacologically active species was carried out within a clearly defined therapeutic context: those plants used during the course of a woman's reproductive life. Extensive bibliographical and field data collection and cross-examination of the information thus gathered have provided us with a clearer picture of the effectiveness of these plant species. Various concepts, behaviours and practices relating to menstruation, pregnancy, birth and birth control were examined in detail from an ethnopharmacological point of view. A list of selected species of particular interest is proposed for further study.
pubmed:keyword
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Contraception, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Contraceptive Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Delivery Of Health Care, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Demographic Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Developing Countries, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Family Planning, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Health, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Health Services, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Medicine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Medicine, Traditional, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Melanesia, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Oceania, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Plants, Medicinal, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Population, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Population Characteristics, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Pregnant Women, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Vanuatu
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0378-8741
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
179-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:otherAbstract
PIP: Ethnobotanical studies were carried out in Vanuatu from 1985 to 1987. Field ethnopharmacological research aimed at compiling a list of potentially active plants by interviewing a group of old and experienced women and midwives regarding menstruation, conception, pregnancy, birth, postpartum care, nursing, sterility, menopause, and birth control techniques. Plants are administered to speed delivery. Some plants are used throughout the archipelago; examples are burao (Hibiscus tiliaceus, Malvaceae) and an orchid (Dendrobium sp.) In order to have plenty of milk, mothers are kept on a diet of taro, sweet potato, and cooked papaya fruit supplemented with the young fronds of edible ferns, lightly boiled (Cyathea sp., Diplazium sp., Tectaria latifolia, Microlepia speluncae and Hypolepis sp.). New mothers are encouraged to drink a great deal of coconut water. Sometimes the sap of plants (such as Ipomoea sp., Merremia peltata, or Ficus adenosperma) is added to the coconut water. Contraceptive plants are rarely used as methods for spacing births; abstinence during breastfeeding is more prevalent. Plants are more commonly used for sterilization. Of the 1200-odd species of Vanuatu flora, 10% are used for purposes relating to human reproduction. After analyzing raw data based on the results obtained in the Vanuatu archipelago and a review of the relevant literature, a list of particularly interesting species was prepared. From this list, the following 5 species were selected for preliminary pharmacological screening: Asplenium nidus, Hemigraphis reptans, Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum, Omalanthus nutans, Pemphis acidula. The use of H. reptans was claimed to reverse sterility induced by A. nidus. D. gaudichaudianum and O. nutans were known among the informants as abortive agents. P. acidula, known to be used only in Vanuatu, was not mentioned in the literature surveyed.
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Maternity and medicinal plants in Vanuatu. I. The cycle of reproduction.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Centre ORSTOM, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article