Author(s) :
Van Wyk, B.-E.
Title :
A review of Khoi-San and Cape Dutch medical ethnobotany.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology , Volume 119, pp.331–341 (2008)
Symptoms :
H(006), H(008), H(020), H(055), H(100)
Recipes :
Root, rhizome of Cissampelos capensis; H(055) emetic, H(006) purgative; tincture for H(008) dysentery, H(100) syphilis; H(020) snake bite (leaf paste, root decoction) from Pappe (1847); (1850); (1857); from Dykman (1908); from MacOwan (1897); from Smith (1895) reference to be found in HV 51_van Wyk
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa ((from Namaqualand
to the Eastern Cape)
Vernacular name :
dawidjies (seedawidjiewortel) (Africaans)