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Official name :
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill.
Family :
Asteraceae
8 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference B6 Nord
Author(s) :
Bellakhdar, J.
Title :
La pharmacopée marocaine traditionnelle: Médecine arabe ancienne et savoirs populaires.
Ibis Press, 764 p. (1997)
Symptoms :
H(007)
Recipes :
H(007), salads, VO.
Region :
North Africa
Country :
Moroco
Vernacular name :
tilfâf, tifâf (Moroco), I-gerrîma (Tissint), wagerrin (Berber), tadgarnit (Occidental Sahara ), laiteron (local French)
Reference HA 20
Author(s) :
Adjanohoun et al.
Title :
Contribution to ethnobotanical and floristic studies in Uganda.
O.U.A./C.S.T.R., Lagos (1993)
From the data bank PHARMEL 2 (ref. HP 10)
Symptoms :
H(155)
Recipes :
H(155), leaves of Sonchus asper, to chew + salt
H(155), roots of Sonchus., to pound, infusion (H2O), VO.
H(155), roots of Sonchus., to pound, infusion (H2O), VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Uganda
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HB 61
Author(s) :
Bhat , RB.
Title :
Medicinal plants and traditional practices of Xhosa people in the Transkei region of Eastern Cape, South Africa
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. Vol. 13 (2), pp. 292-298, April 2014
Symptoms :
H(104)
Recipes :
H(104) chronic stomach ailment, decoction of leaves of Sonchus asper of 2 glass of H2O. To stand for 1 hour. VO
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Transkei)
Vernacular name :
irhwabe (Xhosa), corky-bark, monkey-orange (English)
Reference HJ 06
Author(s) :
Jeruto, P., C. Lukhoba, G. Ouma, D.Otieno, C. Mutai
Title :
An ethnobotanical study of mericinal plants used by the Nandi people in Kenya. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 116, pp. 370 - 376, (2008)
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Herbal treaments in Aldai and Kaptumo Division in Nandi District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 103-105 (2008)
Symptoms :
H(037), H(155)
Recipes :
H(037) cough, "mireiwek", H(155) tonsils, juice of buld of Sonchus asper, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Nandi peuple)
Vernacular name :
chebara/chebartet
Reference HK 36a
Author(s) :
Kareru, P. G., G. M. Kenji, A. N. Gachanja, J. M. Keriko, G. Mungai
Title :
Traditional medicine among the Embu and Mbeere peoples of Kenya.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Volume 4 (1): 75 - 86 (2007)
http://journals.sfu.ca/africanem/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/160/172
Symptoms :
H(139)
Recipes :
H(139) impotence (erectile dysfunction), the whole plant of Sonchus asper, decoction, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Eastern Province, Embu and Mbeere tribes)
Vernacular name :
iviuviu (Embu)
Reference HL 13
Author(s) :
Lavergne, R. & R. Véra
Title :
Etude ethnobotanique des plantes utilisées dans la pharmacopée traditionnelle à la Réunion. Médecine traditionnelle et pharmacopée.
Agence de coopération culturelle et technique, (A.C.C.T.), Paris, 236 p., (1989)
Symptoms :
H(002), H(007), H(013), H(135)
Recipes :
H(002) galactogenic, green vegetable of Sonchus asper., infusion
H(007), H(135), ONS., bouillon
H(013) stomach ulcer, H(104), green vegetable, infusion
H(007), H(135), ONS., bouillon
H(013) stomach ulcer, H(104), green vegetable, infusion
Region :
Reunion
Country :
Reunion
Vernacular name :
brède lastron
Reference HM 76
Author(s) :
Maroyi, A.
Title :
Diversity of use and local knowledge of wild and cultivated plants in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine,13:43 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-017-0173-8
Symptoms :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095) food, leaves of Sonchus asper, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
Vernacular name :
irwabe (isi Xhosa)
Reference VC 19
Author(s) :
Chifundera K.
Title :
Livestock diseases and the traditional medicine in the Bushi area, Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
African Study Monographs, 19 (1) : 13 -33, May 1998
Symptoms :
V(016)
Recipes :
Vb(016) (cibeba, byufa, mpanga), ground leaves of Astripomoea grantii of Cryptolepis oblingifolia of Hypericum revolutum of Lactuca attenuata of Pteris similis of Sonchus asper, mixed with clay to make a paste for massaging the mammary glands, morning and evening
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Kivu province - Bushi area-
Vernacular name :
munyamarha mukazi