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It has been shown through researches that a single leaf may contain more than one healing property in certain proportion, it has also been proved, that a single herb may also cure more than one or two diseases, and this is the result of various healing properties or substances available in the herb. In a medicinal plant, the root may be good for the treatment of one disease while the back will be used for another disease and even the leaves and the seed of the same plant may be used for other healing purpose etc. But in some cases the parts of a plant may contain certain uniform healing properties shown in taste, odour, and medicinal reactions.
Das Foto zeigt Chief Esho bei seinem Vortrag “The Role of Traditional Healers to the Dying Persons in a Community, particularly in Nigeria”, gehalten auf der 7. Int. Fachkonferenz Ethnomedizin, 5. – 8. April 1984 in Heidelberg, hier im großen Saal des Völkerkundemuseums, Hauptstraße 235. (Foto: E. Schröder)
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Esho, F.O. (1985). The Healing Properties of Herbs. In: Ethnobotanik—Ethnobotany. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-14132-7_38
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