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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Herbal remedies of the Luo of Siaya District, Kenya: Establishing quantitative criteria for consensus
Economic Botany, Volume 44, No. 3, Year 1990
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Description
Data based on independent interviews with 45 herbalists of the Luo of Siaya District, Kenya, comprised 1129 remedy reports and related to 330 species of plants. While 49% of the remedies were encountered only once we list here 66 remedies (49 taxa) that were confirmed through independent reports from three or more individuals. A log-linear model was applied to these data in order to establish criteria for evaluating the likely efficacy of specific remedies. A quantitative interaction effect was calculated for each remedy as a measure of its degree of confirmation. The validity of the values derived from the mathematical model is considered in relation to classical criteria for evaluating ethnomedicinal reports. © 1990,.
Authors & Co-Authors
Johns, Timothy A.
Canada, Sainte-anne-de-bellevue
Mcgill University, Macdonald Campus
Kokwaro, John Ongayo
Kenya, Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Kimanani, Ebi K.
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Statistics
Citations: 193
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/BF03183922
ISSN:
00130001
e-ISSN:
18749364
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Kenya