Medicinal and commercial uses of ostrich products in Tanzania

Medicinal and commercial uses of ostrich products in Tanzania

BACKGROUND Traditional communities have been utilizing animal products for numerous purposes and have for a long time contributed to the accumulation of world knowledge. Local people in Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa, have been using birds including ostriches as pets or their products such as meat, eggs as food; their body parts such as feathers, bones and hide for ornaments but more importan...

Commercial Uses of Straw

Medicinal Uses and Pharmacological Actions of Five Commonly Used Indian Medicinal Plants: A Mini-Review

Man depends heavily on various plant species for his survival. Indian traditional system of medicine is based on empirical knowledge of the observations and the experience over millennia and more than 5000 plants are used by different ethnic communities in India. During the last few decades there has been an increasing interest in the study of medicinal plants and their traditional use in diffe...

Medicinal Uses of Nullo Overview

1. For six months, Young and Beregi(1) studied the effectivenss of chlorophyllin copper complex among 62 female patients, aged 65 or older, in a large geriatric hospital. One subgroup of 32 incontinent patients had foul fecal odor. A second subgroup of 30 patients had problems with constipation, hypochondria symptoms, and excessive flatus. Dosage was 100 mg. Three times daily for the first seve...

The Medicinal Uses of Pepper

Members of the botanical family Piperaceae were among the first cultivated plants1. Black pepper (Piper nigrum) and long pepper (Piper longum) are the best known species in this family and are probably among the most recognized spices in the world. Black pepper alone accounts for about 35% of the world’s total spice trade. In addition, black pepper and long pepper have been used medicinally for...