Ethnobotanical Treatize on Selected Herbs Used in the Treatment of Hypertension among the Ekiti People of Western Nigeria

Abstract

Local ethnobotanical survey is carried out in Ekiti Zone of Yoruba tribe of
Nigeria to ascertain the various medicinal plants that are used by the people
to treat hypertension and high blood pressure related illnesses. The various
plants used by the local people are identified; the forms and the ways in
which the people prepare and administer them are documented. The scientific and the vernacular names of the plants are equally documented. Hence, the federal government, the federal ministry of health and all the various health institutions and drug-making research centers should encourage indigenous technology to utilize the numerous medical plants available in Nigeria.