Abstract

Bone-setting as an alternative health service, is an old practice in African societies and is available and accessible to people in both rural and urban centers. In northern Nigeria, preparations of Ficus platyphylla, in combination with other plants, have been used in traditional medicine for the management of fractured bones. This work investigated the analgesic activity of F. platyphylla sequential stem bark fractions in albino rat. The results show that methanol and water fractions significantly (P

Key words: Ficus platyphylla, analgesic; writhing, stem bark, Bone-setting