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Author(s) :
Kabugare, A.
Title :
Pratiques de médecine vétérinaire en milieu indigène.
Servir, Revue bimestrielle du Groupe scolaire Astrida (Butare, Rwanda), 1ère année, n° 6, 246 - 251, (1952)
Reference VK 02 has information about 12 plants :
Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J. Koch & Ziz.
Official name :
Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J. Koch & Ziz.
Family :
Chenopodiaceae
Symptoms :
V(022)
Recipes :
Vb(022), leaves + salt, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umugombe
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Official name :
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Family :
Vitaceae
Synonyms :
Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
Symptoms :
V(054)
Recipes :
Vb(054), decoction stems, eat the stems, drink the water
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
runya
Commelina sp.
Official name :
Commelina sp.
Family :
Commelinaceae
Symptoms :
V(008)
Recipes :
Vb(008) calf, VO., pounded leaves H2O
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
uruteja
Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.
Official name :
Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.
Family :
Sapindaceae
Symptoms :
V(051)
Recipes :
Vb(051), VO., pounded leaves, juice + 1 l. milk
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umunyuragisaka
Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman
Official name :
Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman
Family :
Musaceae
Synonyms :
Musa ensete J.F. Gmel.
Symptoms :
V(039)
Recipes :
Vb(039)phtiriases (fleas: type Pthirus), cut bulbs plundered, dough + babutter, to paint veals
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
intembe, itembetembe
Momordica foetida Schumach.
Official name :
Momordica foetida Schumach.
Family :
Cucurbitaceae
Synonyms :
Momordica schimperiana Naud.
Symptoms :
V(008)
Recipes :
Vb(008)young calf, VO., leaves plundered in H2O
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umwishwa
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Official name :
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Symptoms :
V(030), V(039)
Recipes :
Vb(030), smoke breathed in the vagina
Vb(039), leaves, maceration in H2O 1 day, to splash the body (phtiriase) (fleas of the type Pthirus)
Vb(039), leaves, maceration in H2O 1 day, to splash the body (phtiriase) (fleas of the type Pthirus)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
itabi
Oxalis corniculata L.
Official name :
Oxalis corniculata L.
Family :
Oxalidaceae
Synonyms :
Oxalis radicosa A.Rich.
Symptoms :
V(001)
Recipes :
V(001), decoction leaves, eyes instillation
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
ubwunyubwanyamanza
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit.
Official name :
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit.
Family :
Phytolaccaceae
Synonyms :
Phytolacca abyssinica Hoffm.
Symptoms :
V(006)
Recipes :
V(006), leaves, juice, VO. or enema
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umuhoko
Solanum capsicoides Allioni
Official name :
Solanum capsicoides Allioni
Family :
Solanaceae
Symptoms :
V(035)
Recipes :
Vb(035),VO., fruit juice + H2O
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
igitoborwa
Solanum sp.
Official name :
Solanum sp.
Family :
Solanaceae
Symptoms :
V(033), V(021)
Recipes :
Vb(033) + Vb(021), cooked fruit under ash, peeled, pulp in vagina
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
igitoborwa
Tetradenia riparia (Hochst.) Codd
Official name :
Tetradenia riparia (Hochst.) Codd
Family :
Lamiaceae
Synonyms :
Iboza riparia (Hochst.) N.E. Br.
Symptoms :
V(018), V(051), V(068)
Recipes :
V(018), juice leaves, instilation ears and nostril
V(051), juice leaves + melted butter , RNS.
V(068), juice leaves, R.N.S.
V(051), juice leaves + melted butter , RNS.
V(068), juice leaves, R.N.S.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umuravumba