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(008), H(014)
Recipes :
H(014) ringworm. 2 handfuls of dried leaves of Heteromorpha arborescens var. abyssinica are pounded and/or decocted in a bottle of water. The pounded leaves are mixed with cow butter and rubbed on the body, or a bottle of the decoction is drunk twice (morning and evening) a day
H(008) dysentery. a handful of fresh roots are pounded and decocted in water (1 L) A cup is drunk a day and used as enema once in two days
This plant is reported by 3% of informants
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi
Vernacular name :
umuturampene (Kirundi)
