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Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine
2021 Volume.21 No. 2 p.199 ~ p.208
A review on traditionally used medicinal plants for scabies therapy in Ethiopia
Nigussie Gashaw

Abstract
Scabies is a neglected tropical disease that contributes greatly to global morbidity and mortality and it is responsible for a wide range of infections including impetigo, abscesses and cellulitis that can lead to serious complications such as septicemia, kidney disease and rheumatic heart disease. Scabies remains one of the commonest of skin diseases seen in developing countries. Although its distribution is subject to a cycle of infection, with peaks and troughs of disease prevalence, this periodicity is often less obvious in poor communities. The objective of this review was to collect available data about the therapy of scabies using medicinal plant so far studied by ethno botanical surveys in Ethiopia and gives comprehensive information on the name of plants, method of preparation, route of administration and plant part used. The Data was collected using the keywords ¡°Traditional used medicinal plants for scabies therapy in Ethiopia¡± in searching the major databases including Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, Science Direct, BioMed Central, PubMed and Springer link documenting published studies done on ethno botany of medicinal plants used in Ethiopia. Ethinobotanical data was analyzed with descriptive statistics and expressed in pie charts. The Review conducted 52 medicinal plants (39 families) recorded to treat scabies in Ethiopia. Parts of medicinal plants used analysis indicates leaves occupy the highest proportion (57%), followed by roots (12%) and others. Although Phytolacca dodecandra L¡¯Herit was the most popular medicinal plant used for the treatment of scabies with the frequency of report six time (29%).
KEYWORD
Scabies, Medicinal plants, Ethno botanical, Developing country, Ethiopia
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