Abstract
A study on herbal contraceptives trade and usage in Lagos state of Nigeria was carried out using the research methods in Humanities and Arts through the means of questionnaire administered on some Lagos dwellers and the traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) who operate around markets in the metropolis and in the outskirts of the city. Lagos is the most populous state in Nigeria where all categories of Nigerians both literate and illiterate co-inhabit. The use of herbal birth control measures by Lagosians is popular because it has little or no side effect, it is cost effective, easily accessible and effective. Social and economic statuses of the people are no barrier to patronage. Most users are young women and the medicaments are usually preferred after sexual intercourse and before pregnancy. Names of the plants that are used and the recipes prepared therefrom are presented. Further pharmacological screening by other researchers into the reported plants is strongly suggested to ascertain or disprove the claims of the traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs).
Recommended Citation
Kadiri, Akeem Babalola
(2009)
"An Examination of the Usage of Herbal Contraceptives and Abortifacients in Lagos State, Nigeria,"
Ethnobotanical Leaflets: Vol. 2009:
Iss.
1, Article 16.
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/ebl/vol2009/iss1/16