The hematinic effect of some medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of anemia: A narrative review
Traditional folk medicine has become an issue of international importance and interest. A high percentage of the world’s population uses medicinal plants to treat diseases, and in African countries, this rate is much higher. It has been estimated that in many developing countries, a large proportion...
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| author | Huda Ahmed Abuaraki Samia Mohamed Ali Elbadawi Hatim Ali Elsheikh Ayman Ragab Baiuomy |
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| description | Traditional folk medicine has become an issue of international importance and interest. A high percentage of the world’s population uses medicinal plants to treat diseases, and in African countries, this rate is much higher. It has been estimated that in many developing countries, a large proportion of the population depends primarily on medicinal plants and traditional practitioners to address their primary healthcare needs, including the prevention and treatment of anemia, despite the availability of modern medicines. Anemia can be caused by iron deficiency, Vitamin B12 deficiency, folate deficiency, and other causes. Iron intervention aims to move at-risk populations to a nutritional sufficiency status aligned with good health. One or two actions cannot effectively address iron deficiency. No single effective intervention for eliminating iron deficiency exists in most real-life situations. An appropriate set of intervention strategies must be selected, weighed, integrated, and adapted to the needs of different populations, environments, and the availability of resources. This narrative review provides information about the hematinic effects of some plants used traditionally to treat and prevent anemia. The study may impact a considerable sector of anemia patients who use plant preparations for treating anemia because they mostly use them without any supportive evidence of their efficacy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ef572563dbbe41c0a3c9ca7d095e7bd92025-02-06T07:26:05ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsSaudi Journal for Health Sciences2278-19002278-05212024-12-0113320120710.4103/sjhs.sjhs_161_24The hematinic effect of some medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of anemia: A narrative reviewHuda Ahmed AbuarakiSamia Mohamed Ali ElbadawiHatim Ali ElsheikhAyman Ragab BaiuomyTraditional folk medicine has become an issue of international importance and interest. A high percentage of the world’s population uses medicinal plants to treat diseases, and in African countries, this rate is much higher. It has been estimated that in many developing countries, a large proportion of the population depends primarily on medicinal plants and traditional practitioners to address their primary healthcare needs, including the prevention and treatment of anemia, despite the availability of modern medicines. Anemia can be caused by iron deficiency, Vitamin B12 deficiency, folate deficiency, and other causes. Iron intervention aims to move at-risk populations to a nutritional sufficiency status aligned with good health. One or two actions cannot effectively address iron deficiency. No single effective intervention for eliminating iron deficiency exists in most real-life situations. An appropriate set of intervention strategies must be selected, weighed, integrated, and adapted to the needs of different populations, environments, and the availability of resources. This narrative review provides information about the hematinic effects of some plants used traditionally to treat and prevent anemia. The study may impact a considerable sector of anemia patients who use plant preparations for treating anemia because they mostly use them without any supportive evidence of their efficacy.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/sjhs.sjhs_161_24anemiaefficacyfolk medicinehematiniciron deficiency anemiamedicinalplantstraditional medicine |
| spellingShingle | Huda Ahmed Abuaraki Samia Mohamed Ali Elbadawi Hatim Ali Elsheikh Ayman Ragab Baiuomy The hematinic effect of some medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of anemia: A narrative review Saudi Journal for Health Sciences anemia efficacy folk medicine hematinic iron deficiency anemia medicinal plants traditional medicine |
| title | The hematinic effect of some medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of anemia: A narrative review |
| title_full | The hematinic effect of some medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of anemia: A narrative review |
| title_fullStr | The hematinic effect of some medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of anemia: A narrative review |
| title_full_unstemmed | The hematinic effect of some medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of anemia: A narrative review |
| title_short | The hematinic effect of some medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of anemia: A narrative review |
| title_sort | hematinic effect of some medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of anemia a narrative review |
| topic | anemia efficacy folk medicine hematinic iron deficiency anemia medicinal plants traditional medicine |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/sjhs.sjhs_161_24 |
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