Aromatic and Medicinal Plants and their Use of the Massmouda Region Northern Morocco
Aromatic and Medicinal Plants and their Use of the Massmouda Region Northern Morocco

Summary/Abstract: An ethno botanical study of medicinal and aromatic plants was conducted in the Massmouda district of the northern city of Ouezzane in Morocco.It was done in order to establish the catalog of aromatic and medicinal plants and to gather all the information concerning the therapeutic uses practiced by the local population in the studied area and finally we sensitize the local population to use medicinal aromatic plants in traditional medicine by a more effective scientific method and preserve nature. After representation of the region, the survey was carried out according to a probabilistic (random) sampling method during the months of January, February and March 2019, among the inhabitants of five douars distributed in the region of Massmouda. Samples of 20 people are trained for each of the douars (10 women and 10 men for each doaur). The questionnaire concerning subjects such as sex, age, educational level, family situation, profession as well as the mode of use, therapeutic and traditional local applications of aromatic and medicinal plants in the Massmouda region. The results obtained made it possible to inventory 21 exploited species, divided into 14 families. Cataloged plants are used for several purposes, with therapeutic use being the most common (90% of total uses). A very important part of the recipes is recommended for the treatment of certain disorders of the digestive system, the nervous system and the cutaneous system. The leaves and the seed are the most used organ. The most frequently used methods of preparation for most remedies are decoction (38%), infusion (25.5%) and finally powder (25%). The ethno botanical research carried out in the region of Massmouda regarding traditional use of medicinal plants still persists in the said region it is necessary to do other similar works, in the same area of study, will help us to discover other unknown species, to evaluate the risks associated with the use of certain toxic plants and to adopt a new management approach for safeguarding and preserving natural resources.

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