Juniper Publishers Journal of Complementary Medicine & Alternative Healthcare

                                                            Juniper Publishers Ethnic diversity and ethnosystematics have gradually evolved to give rise to unique cultures and ethnomedical practices and systems that have withstood the test of time worldwide. An estimated 70% of Kenyans rely on ethnomedicines as the only source of healthcare, with up to 90% using medicinal plants and animals as part of any treatment process. WHO estimates that as many as 70-95 % of the world’s people especially in developing countries rely on ethnomedicines for their primary healthcare needs and henceforth its recommendation in the Alma-Ata Declaration adopted by WHO and UNICEF in 1978 for its integration into primary healthcare systems, particularly of developing countries if the objective of the “Health for All by the Year 2000” was to be realized [...

Juniper Publishers Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) - the most common type of chronic liver disease - encompasses a histological spectrum of disorders including simple fat accumulation (steatosis), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis. NASH is a chronic and silent liver disease characterized histologically by the presence of hepatic inflammation and cell injury (hepatocellular ballooning) due to hepatic steatosis equal or superior to 5% of hepatocytes [1]. NASH develops in the absence of excessive alcohol consumption but is linked to unhealthy eating habits and lack of physical activity [1]. It is often referred to as metabolic disease of the liver. NAFLD patients with obesity and metabolic syndrome features such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension and dyslipidemia, are at higher risk of progression to NASH. NASH is associated with higher cardiovascular risk and increased fibrosis leading to cirrhosis and liver cancer when serio...