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Indigenous plants offer Ghanaians an alternative to costly Western medicine

3 Sep 2026, 03:02 GMT By Jeslyn Lemke
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Photo Indigenous plants offer Ghanaians an alternative to costly Western medicine
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About 60 to 70 percent of the Ghanaian population depends on the traditional medicine market for their medical care, according to a 2023 study in Frontiers in Pharmacology.