Author(s) :
Denver D., T. Blouws, O. Aboyade, D. Gibson, J. De Jong, C Van t' Klooster, G. Hughes
Title :
Traditional health practitioners' perceptions, herbal treatment and management of HIV and related opportunistic infections.
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 10:77 (2014)
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-77
Symptoms :
H(100), H(037), H(051), H(091), H(104), H(182)
Recipes :
H(100) HIV and opportunistic infections, leaves of Cussonia paniculata are used to combat indigestion and as a purgative. The leaves can be chewed straight from the tree or used in a decoction. The bark and leaves are utilised together on the skin to treat shingles or drank as part of a remedy to treat HIV symptoms.
H(091) this is also given as a general immune booster and tonic.
H(051) paludism, also reported that they use the roots of the plant as a treatment for malaria.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Western Cape, Eastern Cape)
Vernacular name :
mountain cabbage tree (English); umsenge (Zulu)
