ABSTRACT
It is necessary to find facts on medicinal plants that have been used traditionally by people of Idah, Kogi State in Nigeria to manage various non-communicable maladies. The survey in this chapter includes data during 2006–2011 for interviewing adult natives, who were aged between 43 and 86 years. They attested to the medicinal values of each plant presented. Findings were further corroborated with practicing and established traditional herbalists in order to confirm or refute public claims. No unsubstantiated claims were included in this chapter. 54 plants from 33 different families were widely used by most of the people, who use herbal plants to manage various non-communicable diseases. Some of the plants may perhaps form a basis for search of new compounds that possess potent therapeutic and/or prophylactic properties for treating some non-communicable diseases.
