Agricultural Sciences, 2022, 13, 675-683 https://www.scirp.org/journal/as ISSN Online: 2156-8561 ISSN Print: 2156-8553 DOI: 10.4236/as.2022.136044 Jun. 10, 2022 675 Agricultural Sciences Insite into Herbal Medicinal Practices among the Students of Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morroco: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study Aniba Rafik 1 , Barguigua Abouddihaj 1 , Dihmane Asmaa 1 , Nayme Kaotar 2 , Timinouni Mohammed 2 1 Team of Biotechnology and Sustainable Development of Natural Resources, Polydisciplinary Faculty, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco 2 Molecular Bacteriology Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco Abstract Introduction: This study sought to investigate the prevalence and determine factors for predicting the use of herbal medicine, among Sultan Moulay Sli- mane University students. Methods: This study was a retrospective cross- sectional study from March 1st, 2017 to April 13th, 2017. Four hundred se- venty-six university students were interviewed using a questionnaire includ- ing a socio-demographic scale and herbal self-therapy knowledge and beha- viors. The statistical analysis was performed using Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 2016). Results: The frequency of herbal self-therapy among Sultan Moulay Slimane University students has reached 65%. 26.07% of the participants re- ported that the first reason for using herbal self-therapy was a lack of money. Meanwhile, the most common conditions that prompted them to use these plants on their own were cough and cold (36.48%), and abdominal pain due to heartburn or peptic ulcer (24.41%). The most frequent self-administered plants were Thymus vulgaris (43.7%). Family, seniors, or classmates were a source of information for herbal self-therapy. Conclusion: The region of Beni Mellal, Morocco has important floristic biodiversity of medicinal plants that are used in traditional medicine practice. The present paper represents sig- nificant ethnobotanical information on medical plants, which provides base- line data for future pharmacological and phytochemical studies. Therefore, there is a need to establish effective herbal medicine policies and health edu- cation programs to discuss the benefits and risks of herbal medicine use with the aim of maximizing patient-desired therapeutic outcomes. How to cite this paper: Rafik, A., Aboud- dihaj, B., Asmaa, D., Kaotar, N. and Mo- hammed, T. (2022) Insite into Herbal Me- dicinal Practices among the Students of Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morro- co: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study. Agricultural Sciences, 13, 675-683. https://doi.org/10.4236/as.2022.136044 Received: April 24, 2022 Accepted: June 7, 2022 Published: June 10, 2022 Copyright © 2022 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Open Access