Author(s) :
Ngezahayo, J., F. Havyarimana, L. Hari, C. Stévigny, P. Duez.
Title :
Medicinal plants used by Burundian traditional healers for the treatment of microbial diseases + Supplemtary table
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 173, 338–351 (2015)
Symptoms :
H(013), H(014), H(046), H(173)
Recipes :
H(014) ringworm., H(013) purulent rashes. 250-300 gr of dried leaves of Clinopodium uhligii var. obtusifolium are calcined and mixed with cow butter/The ash is applied on the body and/or two pinches are eaten once a day until recovery + Modern medicines
H(046) varicella , H(046) measles. 300 g of fresh leaves are pounded and rubbed on the body twice a day.
H(173) leprosy. 2 handfuls of dried leaves are pounded, powdered, mixed with cow butter and rubbed on the body 3 time a day
This plant is reported by 28% of informants
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi
Vernacular name :
umuzirasato (Kirundi)
