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)
Recipes :
H(014) ringworm. A handful of leaves of Helichrysum keilii are decocted in a bottle of water. Enema is practiced once a day for 3 days + beer
H(013) purulent rashes. 2 handfuls of dried leaves are pounded, and/or decocted in water (1,5 L). The pounded leaves are mixed with cow butter and rubbed on the body, or a cup of decoction is drunk
twice a day and used as enema once a day
This plant is reported by 5% of informants
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi
Vernacular name :
imanayeze (Kirundi)
