Ethnobotanical Importance and Pharmacological Properties of Plants Used in Southestern Algeria (El Oued) for the Treatment of Women’s Infertility Problems

This study aims to document the ethnobotanical and pharmacological properties of medicinal plants used in El-Oued (Algeria) for the treatments of women’s infertility problems. The study of plants that could treat women’s infertility problems led to the discovery of 38 species in 22 families and different medicinal species, including 57.89% cultivated plants. 81% employed in their dried form and prepared as an infusion (39,97%), 70% of the participants citing Artemisia herba-alba, Mentha spicata, Lavandula stoechas, Thymus vulgaris, Cuminum cyminum, Arctium lappa, Ajuga iva, and Lepidium sativum. The population chose the use of herbal treatments for the treatment of women’s infertility problems.

• female infertility
• medicinal plants
• ethnobotany
• pharmacological properties
• herbal medicine
• traditional medicine
• El Oued
• Artemisia herba-alba
• Mentha spicata
• Lavandula stoechas
• thyme
• cumin
• Arctium lappa
• Ajuga iva
• Lepidium sativum
• cultivated medicinal plants
• infusion preparation

• 3 — الصحة الجيدة والرفاه

• Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
• Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
• Medicinal Plant Research
• female infertility
• medicinal plants
• ethnobotany
• pharmacological properties
• herbal medicine
• traditional medicine
• El Oued
• Artemisia herba-alba
• Plant Science
• Agricultural and Biological Sciences