Ethnobotanical Study of Traditional Medicinal Plants Used by Indigenous People of Gemad District, Northern Ethiopia Ethnobotanical study on traditional medicinal plants were conducted between April and May, 2013 in Tabiya Gemeda district and documented different types of traditional medicinal plants used by the indigenous peoples. The study was focused on identifying medicinal plants, disease treated, part of the plant used, methods of preparation, route of administration, ingredients added etc. The data was collected using interview and questionnaires by selecting 16 healers using purposive sampling method. A total of 31 medicinal plant species were collected and identified from the study area for treating 32 human aliments. Out of these 18(58%) were wild where as 11(35.48%) of them were cultivated and 2(6.44%) were wild and cultivated plants. The most dominant plant part was leaf (50 %). The route of administration was oral administration about 20(64.5%) and the most common method of preparation is grinding about 7(22.5%). plantsjournal/vol1Issue1/Issue_july_2013/11.1.pdf
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