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Symptom : V(017)
Description :
initiate birth contractions, delayed child birth
2 plants found in 2 reference(s) :
Aristolochia bracteata Retz. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aristolochia bracteata Retz.
Family :
Aristolochiaceae
Reference VM 47
Author(s) :
Mafimisebi, T.E., A.E.Oguntade, A.N. Fajemisin, O.P. Aiyelari
Title :
Local knowledge and socio-economic determinants of traditional medicines utilization in livestock health management in Southwest Nigeria.
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 8:2, (2012)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/pdf/1746-4269-8-2.pdf
Symptoms :
V(017), V(020), V(068)
Recipes :
V(017) stimulating uterine contraction and parturition in pregnant animals, root and stem extract of Aristolocia bracteata (snakewort), RNS.
V(020) antidote to snake poison, scorpion bite, leaf extract. RNS.
V(068) antihelmintic, leaf extract. RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Southwest Nigeria
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Rhynchosia malacophylla (Spreng.) Boj. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Rhynchosia malacophylla (Spreng.) Boj.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference VT 2k
Author(s) :
Timberlake, J. R.
Title :
Ethnobotany of the Pokot of Nothern Kenya, 106 p., (1987)Unpublished report. East African Herbarium, Nairobi.Multigraphié.
Center for Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens.Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK.
Symptoms :
V(016), V(017)
Recipes :
Includes uses from other unidentified Rhvnchosia speciesVb(017), crushed leaves put in cow's vagina to (?)initiate birth contractions
Vb(016), juice from root smeared on udder of cow
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (North region)
Vernacular name :
keptanya, kelowo-mayus, pteima, mantuya, manguwian
