非洲传统医学

There are more than 20,000 indigenous plant species in South Africa, which is described as a hotspot of botanical diversity.南非有超过XNUMX种本地植物物种，被描述为植物多样性的热点地区。 Several thousand of them are used by traditional healers every day in that country for treating a range of problems from the common cold to serious diseases such as AIDS.该国每天有数千名传统治疗师使用它们来治疗从普通感冒到艾滋病等严重疾病的一系列问题。 The International Center for Indigenous Phytotherapy Studies (TICIPS), a collaborative research effort between the University of Missouri-Columbia and the University of the Western Cape, will investigate whether Sutherlandia, or Lessertia frutescens, is safe in HIV-infected patients and prevents wasting and Artemisia afra, widely used to treat respiratory infections, might be useful in treating Tuberculosis according to scientists.密苏里-哥伦比亚大学和西开普大学之间的一项合作研究国际土著植物疗法研究中心（TICIPS）将研究Sutherlandia或frerstia frutescens在感染HIV的患者中是否安全，并防止浪费和据科学家称，被广泛用于治疗呼吸道感染的艾蒿可用于治疗结核病。