Maternal morbidity and the use of medicinal herbs in the city of Marrakech, Morocco

Abstract

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:="" "times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;="" mso-bidi-language:hi"="" lang="EN-US">This study is conducted to examine maternal morbidity and the use of medicinal herbs. A total of 181 women, aged 17-45 yrs gave birth in the last 5 yrs preceding the survey, were enrolled. The study was conducted in Marrakech city, Morocco. The rate of maternal morbidity was 38.1%, while 42% of women used medicinal herbs, 48.3% of them after the delivery. Medicinal plants are mostly used by women and consumed as infusion decoction seeking postpartum recovery and getting back in shape. The results show statistical associations between some socio-demographic and health variables and the medicinal herbs utilization. Woman’s educational level (illiteracy), primiparous women and the postpartum period were associated with the use of medicinal herbs.</span>