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Fatima BELHACINI
Fatima BELHACINI

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An ethnobotanical investigation into Ain Temouchent’s traditional therapeutic plant u...
Fatima BELHACINI

Fatima BELHACINI

June 13, 2024
To research how the people of Ain Temouchent employ aromatic and therapeutic plants in 2022-2023 in north-western Algeria, we interviewed 150 individuals, 95 (67%) of whom were women and 55 (37%) men, using a semi-structured questionnaire. Informants were randomly selected and no appointments were made. A list of sixty-six medicinal plants that are used to heal various ailments was created. There are 62 genera and 29 families among them. At 29%, the foliage was the portion of the plant that was used the most, followed by the fruit at 17%. The majority of treatments were employed to address digestive disorders. (31%), followed by respiratory diseases (24%) and genitourinary diseases (11%). Medicinal plants that the locals frequently use for food or medicine are Thymus vulgaris L., Mentha spicata L., Citrus limon (L) Burm.f., Eucalyptus globulus Labill and Lavandula stoechas L.

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