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    An appraisal of the contributions of herbalism to primary health care delivery in south west Nigeria
    (2010) Kadiri, A. B.; Adekunle, A. A.; Ayodele, A. E.
    Herbalism contributes significantly to the primary health care delivery system in the southwest Nigeria through sale and administration of different herbal medicinal preparations which are available in a number of ways like tinctures, herbal wine and elixirs, tisanes, decoctions, macerates, topical, poultices, whole herb consumption, syrup, extracts, inhalation, local rings, incision and rubbing, charm belt, and other charm apparels. Medicines may be hawked by the ambulatory vendors (apothecary) or patients consulting practitioners. Charges are relatively cheap, consultation is prompt and the medicines are reportedly efficacious. Non-exclusion of anybody from patronizing and being organized around people’s needs and expectations, which are two of the key elements of WHO to achieve the ultimate goal of primary health care of better health for all are affectively entrenched in the practice. We adopted and employed basic scientific method, anthropological training skills and study approaches in Humanities to elicit our findings. Government support is highly solicited
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    Comparative leaf micromorphological characters of the Nigerian species of rauvolfia linn (apocynaceae)
    (Klobex Academic Publishers, 2003-12) Kadiri, A. B.; Ayodele, A. E.
    Leaf micromophological characters of Rauvolfia Linn. (Apocynaceae) have been studied and compared. The leaf is usually glabrous and hypostomatic. Stomatal type is mostly paracytic but epidermal cell shape is either polygonal or irregular while epidermal cell number is lower on the abaxial surface. Mean stomatal size varies from 1.40.µm x 0.60µm in R. macrophylla to 2.30µm x 0.60µm in R. vomitoria and mean cell wall thickness is either identical on both surfaces in R. macrophylla and R. caffra or dissimilar on either surface in other species. Other features that show variation are anticlinal wall pattern, stomatal and cell inclusions. Using these micro-characters, the species can be recognised even when the leaves are fragmentary. Rauvolfia has therapeutic properties for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorder and it can be used as aphrodisiac and genital excitant.