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Author(s) :
Corbeil, J.- J.
Title :
Cibemba bush medicines, Zambia.
Curare, Sonderband, 3, 313 - 324, (1985)
Reference HC 12 has information about 13 plants :
Afzelia quanzensis Welw.
Official name :
Afzelia quanzensis Welw.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
H(113)
Recipes :
H(113), rheumatism (kapopo), to grind the roots, powder, massage
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
mupapa (Cibemba)
Aloe sp.
Official name :
Aloe sp.
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Symptoms :
H(111)
Recipes :
H(111), to break a leave and pour the inside oil on the burn (muliro)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
litembusha (Cibemba)
Bersama abyssinica Fres.
Official name :
Bersama abyssinica Fres.
Family :
Melianthaceae
Synonyms :
Bersama abyssinica subsp. engleriana (Gürke) F.White
Symptoms :
H(109)
Recipes :
H(109) lumbago, (musanan), ONS, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
nakancete (Cibemba)
Clematopsis scabiosifolia (DC.) Hutch.
Official name :
Clematopsis scabiosifolia (DC.) Hutch.
Family :
Ranunculaceae
Symptoms :
H(108)
Recipes :
H(108), head cold (cifine), some flowers are crushed in hands and sniffed
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
njinu (Cibemba)
Pennisetum typhoides (Burm.) Stapf. & Hubb.
Official name :
Pennisetum typhoides (Burm.) Stapf. & Hubb.
Family :
Poaceae
Symptoms :
H(159)
Recipes :
H(159), roots, powder, to rub the breast specially when they have a child
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
bubele (Cibemba)
Phaseolus sp.
Official name :
Phaseolus sp.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
H(006)
Recipes :
H(006)const., beans, pounded, cooked, oil, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
mono (Cibemba)
Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh.
Official name :
Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Bauhinia thonningii Schumach.
Symptoms :
H(020)
Recipes :
H(020), snake bite (kusmwa ku nsoka), to peel some roots, to make cuits and push the powder in from pounded roots
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
mufumbe (Cibemba)
Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax
Official name :
Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Symptoms :
H(173)
Recipes :
H(173), to peel some roots, mix with oil, oiling the wounds of leprosy (fibashi)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
musangati (Cibemba)
Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & Drummond
Official name :
Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & Drummond
Family :
Vitaceae
Synonyms :
Rhoicissus erythrodes (Fresen.) Planch.
Symptoms :
H(006)
Recipes :
H(006) constipation, barks, maceration, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
kasalasha (Cibemba)
Sesamum angolense Welw.
Official name :
Sesamum angolense Welw.
Family :
Pedaliaceae
Symptoms :
H(046), H(143)
Recipes :
H(046) measles (kasakala), H(046)chicken pox (kabokoshi), H(143)small pox (kampasa), roots, leaves, maceration, to wash eyes and wounds
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
mukonde (Cibemba)
Solanum indicum L.
Official name :
Solanum indicum L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Symptoms :
H(103)
Recipes :
H(103), wounds in the mouth (usuallly the babies), (filonda fya mu kanwa), soak some roots and wash the mouth
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
mutuntula (Cibemba)
Swartzia madagascariensis Desv.
Official name :
Swartzia madagascariensis Desv.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
H(006), H(055)
Recipes :
H(006), H(055), barks of Swartzia madagascariensis, maceration, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
ndale (Cibemba)
Ziziphus abyssinica A. Rich.
Official name :
Ziziphus abyssinica A. Rich.
Family :
Rhamnaceae
Symptoms :
H(037)
Recipes :
H(037, 2) pleurisy (baambe), pneumonia (kabali), roots, maceration, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
kalanangwa (Cibemba)