NDLI: A review of Khoi-San and Cape Dutch medical ethnobotany.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Van Wyk, B-e
Spatial Coverage	South Africa
Description	Country affiliation: South Africa Author Affiliation: van Wyk BE ( Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng 2006, South Africa. bevanwyk@uj.ac.za)
Abstract	UNLABELLED: ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL CONTEXT: Cape herbal medicine as a distinct and unique healing system is conceptualized for the first time, together with a first compilation of the authentic materia medica of the system. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The early literature on Khoikhoi (Hottentot), San (Bushman) and Cape Dutch medicinal plants and medical practices is reviewed, with a focus on the Cape Floristic Region (from Namaqualand to the Eastern Cape). To avoid recent additions and modern cultural influences in the results, the date of publication of the last volume of Marloth's Flora of South Africa (1932) was chosen as a cut-off date. RESULTS: The recorded Cape materia medica (up to 1932) is briefly summarized, giving the scientific names, vernacular names (in Afrikaans or Khoi-San/Nama) and main uses. It comprises about 170 items and includes mainly indigenous and endemic plant species, some exotic (garden) plants, and a few other items (fungi, seaweeds, lichens, hyraceum and natural potassium nitrate). Most of the plants (and hyraceum) are still widely used today, especially in rural areas. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of unique cultural practices and a diverse, highly endemic flora has led to the development of a distinct herbal healing system, here called Cape herbal medicine, but hitherto rather vaguely and inaccurately referred to as Khoi-San medicine, Cape Dutch medicine or boererate (farm remedies). The data allows for a more informed consideration of indigenous knowledge and intellectual property rights associated with particular plants (e.g. Hoodia and Pelargonium). It also offers opportunities for linking modern ethnobotanical field studies with historical data.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	03788741
Issue Number	3
Volume Number	119
e-ISSN	18727573
Journal	Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Publisher Date	2008-10-28
Publisher Place	Ireland
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Discipline Ethnopharmacology Ethnobotany Medicine, African Traditional Animals History, 17th Century History, 20th Century Humans History Plants, Medicinal Chemistry South Africa Historical Article Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't Review
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Drug Discovery Pharmacology

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