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Official name : Galium boreo-aethiopicum Puff

Family : Rubiaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Author(s) : Teklay, A., B. Abera, M. Giday

Title : An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in Kilte Awulaelo District, Tigray Region of Ethiopia Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 9:65 (2013) http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/65

Symptoms : V(003), V(025), V(103)

Recipes : Vb(003) swelling (livestock) smear latex of Galium boreo-aethiopicum on swollen part
V(103) toothache, chew root with affected tooth
Vb(025) babesia (livestock), crush the roots of Galium boreo-aethiopicum and apply droplets through the nose

Region : East Africa

Country : Ethiopia, Kilte Awulaelo District, Tigray Region

Vernacular name : mendef adgi (Tigrigna)

Reference HT 43

Author(s) : Teklay, A., B. Abera, M. Giday

Symptoms : H(014), H(103), H(104), H(201)

Recipes : H(014) ring worm, apply latex of Galium boreo-aethiopicum on affected part
H(103) toothache, chew root with affected tooth
H(104) abdominal pain, chew roots and swallow fluid
H(201) evil eye, placing root on fire for fumigation