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Official name :
Helichrysum sp.
Family :
Asteraceae
4 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HC 25
Author(s) :
Corrigan, B.M. , B.-E. Van Wyk, C.J. Geldenhuys, J.M. Jardine
Title :
Ethnobotanical plant uses in the KwaNibela Peninsula, St Lucia, South Africa
South African Journal of Botany 77, 346–359 (2011)
Symptoms :
Recipes :
The bark is mixed with cow fat and imPepo (Helichrysum sp.), burned, and the smoke is inhaled to prevent a person from “falling over suddenly” (fainting?).
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
imPepo
Reference HR 18
Author(s) :
Razafindraibe, M., A. R.Kuhlman, H. Rabarison, V. Rakotoarimanana, C.Rajeriarison, N. Rakotoarivelo, T.Randrianarivony, F. Rakotoarivony, R. Ludovic, A. Randrianasolo, R. W. Bussmann
Title :
Medicinal plants used by women from Agnalazaha littoral forest (Southeastern Madagascar)
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2:22 (2006)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/73
Symptoms :
H(014)
Recipes :
H(014) scabies, leaves of Helichrysum sp., RNS. (Medicinal plants used by women mainly near and around Agnalazaha littoral forest)
Region :
Madagascar
Country :
Southeastern Madagascar (Agnalazaha Forest)
Vernacular name :
aferombohitra
Reference HT 46
Author(s) :
Tugume P., E. K. Kakudidi, M. Buyinza, J. Namaalwa, M. Kamatenesi, P. Mucunguzi, J. Kalema
Title :
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12:5 (2016)
Symptoms :
H(020)
Recipes :
H(020) centipede bites, crush leaves of Helichrysum sp. , mix with salt & rub on the bitten area
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Uganda (Mabira Central Forest Reserve)
Vernacular name :
nakabululu (Luganda)
Reference HV 51
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(099)
Recipes :
Helichrysum sp. for H(099) nervous conditions, H(099)hysteria (South African plant with a wide distribution that is also traditionally used in the Sotho and Nguni cultures) (species that are mainly of historical interest) from Boerhaave (1727) reference to be found in HV 51_van Wyk
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa ((from Namaqualand
to the Eastern Cape)
Vernacular name :
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