Tsabang Nolé
Independent consultant, Visiting lecturer in three Universities in Cameroon, S/C Higher Institute of Environmental Sciences, Cameroon
Biography
Tsabang Nolé has completed his PhD at the age of 48 years from Yaounde 1 University. He is first author and co-author of 25 and 39 articles respectively, and principal investigator of 4 books edited by Heifer International Project Cameroon. Besides Biodiversity research, Dr Tsabang Nolé teaches Ecology, Ecophysiology, Ethnobotany, Ethnopharmacology, Environmental sciences, Agroforestry, Sustainable development and Traditional medicine, at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, at the University of Dschang and at the Higher Institute of Environmental Sciences as visiting lecturer. He has higher consulting experience in Environmental and social impact assessment, Ethnopharmacology and articles reviewing.
Abstract
Commonly in Cameroon manifold patients affected by various diseases need efficient, non toxic and very cheap phytodrugs. Meanwhile, Cameroon’s ecosystems are very rich in plant species with medical value and the bioactivity of many of them is already confirmed for several diseases. The principal diseases treated by traditional healers are: metabolic diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure; infectious diseases that include diarrheas, malaria, typhoid fever, sexual transmitted diseases and genetic pathologies like Alzheimer's disease, Sickle cell disease; cancer, prostate cancer. The objective of this work was to facilitate the preparation of improved herbal medicines with identified and documented important medicinal plants used in Cameroon’s sociocultural medicicine. To achieve this objective, an ethnopharmacological survey realized beside 17 popular traditional healers, selected with the aim of their patients was conducted. The detailed methods of preparation and modes of administration, and posology of herbal medicines were recorded for each herbal medicine. Previous studies were necessary to identify plants with active ingredings known and/or clinical trail realized. Tirsty-two (32) patients courrently treated at the traditional healers recognized by their community were recorded. A total of 26 synergistic herbal medicines were prepared using 32 plants. The detailed ethno pharmacological preparation method presented in this work may be a scientific way to improve their use in primary healthcare. But they will still sufferng from poor manufacturing conditions. The world would win much by improving herbal medicine throughout standardization and stabilization.