Kenyan medicinal plants used as antivenin: a comparison of plant usage

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The success of snake bite healers is vaguely understood in Kenya, partly due to their unknown materia medica and occult-mystical nature of their practice. A comparison is made of plants used in snake bite treatments by two culturally distinct African groups (the...

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Main Authors: Kisangau Daniel P, Owuor Bethwell O
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-02-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Online Access:http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/2/1/7