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Official name : Celosia polystachia (Forssk.) C. C. Towns.

Family : Amaranthaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Author(s) : Teklehaymanot, T.

Title : An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal and edible plants of Yalo Woreda in Afar regional state, Ethiopia Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 13:40 (2017) DOI 10.1186/s13002-017-0166-7

Symptoms : H(037), H(053), H(078), H(099), H(104), H(126)

Recipes : H(078) breast cancer, leaves of Celosia polystachia, RNS., VO., nasal, topical
H(099) epilepsy, H(104) dyspepsia, H(126) jaundice, H(037) extrapulmonary tuberculosis, leaves, RNS., VO.
H(037) lung infection, young plant, RNS., VO.
H(053) mumps, whole plant RNS, VO.

Region : East Africa

Country : Ethiopia (Yalow Woreda, Afar regional state)

Vernacular name : not communicated by the author

Reference HT 50

Author(s) : Teklehaymanot, T.

Title : An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal and edible plants of Yalo Woreda in Afar regional state, Ethiopia Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 13:40 (2017) DOI 10.1186/s13002-017-0166-7

Symptoms : V(016), V(041), V(046)

Recipes : Vb(041) black leg , roots of Celosia polystachia, RNS., VO., nasal
Vb(016), Vch(016), Vc(016) mastitis and contagious agalactia, leaves, RNS. VO., nasal, ear, body wash
Vb(046) rinderpest, leaves, RNS., VO.