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Reference : HD 08

Author(s) : Dallemagne, M.J., G. Renversez, E. Robyns & G. Troupin

Title : Action galactogogue de l' Helinus mystacinus (Ait.) E. Mey. et du Periploca linearifolia Dill. et Rich.Archives internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Thérapie, CXXII, 1 - 2, 48 - 56, (1959)

Reference HD 08 has information about 2 plants :

Helinus mystacinus (Ait.) E. Mey . ex Steud.

Official name : Helinus mystacinus (Ait.) E. Mey . ex Steud.

Family : Rhamnaceae

Symptoms : H(002)

Recipes : H(002), crushed fresh leaves + seeds sorgho, at rest 24h, cooked H2O, filter, 2X / day. Experimental results comfirm this traditional receipt.
H(002), Portulacca sp, Rumex sp, Periploca linearifolia, Euphorbia inequilatera, Corchorus trilocularis, Lactuca sp., a mixt of those herbs in salted H2O, (Kivu)

Region : Central Africa

Country : Burundi, Rwanda, Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre)

Vernacular name : umubimbafuro, vuge (Kinyarwanda)malekeraho, (shi, Kivu)

Periploca linearifolia Dill. & A. Rich.

Official name : Periploca linearifolia Dill. & A. Rich.

Family : Apocynaceae

Symptoms : H(002)

Recipes : H(002, f), ONS.,decoction (H2O), filter, VO. + a few of Euphorbia zambesiana (Euphorbia zambesiana = nchumo (Bashi))

Region : Central Africa

Country : Burundi, Rwanda, Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre)

Vernacular name : akachuramoka, bugaga (Bashi)