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Reference : VH 1k
Author(s) :
Harjula, R.
Title :
Mirau and his practice. A study of the ethnomedicinal repertoire of a tanzanian herbalist.Institut for cultural research, University of Turku, Finland, 224 p., (1980)
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Reference VH 1k has information about 4 plants :
Acacia drepanolobium Harms ex Sjöstedt
Official name :
Acacia drepanolobium Harms ex Sjöstedt
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
V(027y)
Recipes :
Vb(027y), bark boiled in water, a piece of about-7x7crn : makes one dose. lt should be taken only once
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania
Vernacular name :
tuai
Bidens pilosa L.
Official name :
Bidens pilosa L.
Family :
Asteraceae
Symptoms :
V(008)
Recipes :
Vb(008), For a calf, the leaves, flowers and stalks are boiled; 4 plants of about 45 cm in height give a dose of about half a litre. For a full-grown cow, the dose is twice that for a calf. A lso as a remedy for human diarrhoea
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania
Vernacular name :
mamiso
Dolichos malosamus Bak.
Official name :
Dolichos malosamus Bak.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
V(014), V(039)
Recipes :
Vb(014), Vb(039), Vc(014), Vc(039), Vcanis(014), Vcanis(039) , Root cut in small fragments in H2O . Affected parts are rubbed with the fragments
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania
Vernacular name :
nabitiro
Solanum aculeastrum Dunal
Official name :
Solanum aculeastrum Dunal
Family :
Solanaceae
Synonyms :
Solanum aculeastrum Dunal var. albifolium (C.H.Wright) Bitter
Symptoms :
V(104), V(108)
Recipes :
Vb(104), Some people use lturunga also as a remedy for stomach ache caused by boils (yuure), but according to Mirau (the healer), this can be dangerous as lturunga 'can cut the stomach like a knife
Vb(108), Cold in the Nose (ikorwa lwa mbua) of a Cow, a fruit of the plant is warmed up in ashes and embers, and the juice of the fruit is then squeezed into the nostrils of the animaI.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania
Vernacular name :
iturunga
