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TL;DR
This cross-sectional descriptive study surveyed 67 traditional health practitioners in Burkina Faso about their practices.
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies · 5 authors, 5 centres
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This cross-sectional descriptive study surveyed 67 traditional health practitioners in Burkina Faso about their practices.
This was a cross-sectional descriptive ethno-pharmaceutical study conducted between October and November 2020 among traditional health practitioners (THPs) in four randomly selected health districts in Burkina Faso. Data was collected using a semi-structured face-to-face questionnaire from 67 THPs. The study found that raw materials were predominantly wild-collected plant parts, especially leaves, with *Fabaceae* being the most common plant family and *Khaya senegalensis* the most cited species. Finished products were most often prepared as oral decoctions, with gastrointestinal disorders identified as the main predictable adverse event. Key limitations include the relatively low participation rate and the descriptive nature of the study, which does not assess the clinical efficacy of the practices.