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Official name :
Conyza scabrida DC.
Family :
Asteraceae
3 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HD 22
Author(s) :
De Beer, J.J.J., B.-E. Van Wyk
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of the Agter–Hantam, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
South African Journal of Botany, Volume 77, 741–754, (2011)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629911000469
Symptoms :
H(003), H(027y), H(108), H(162y)
Recipes :
H(003) swelling of the feet and hands, H(027y) cramps and pain after childbirth (trek plant vir nageboorte krampe in pyn), H(108) cold (vapors under a blanket), H(162y) and pain bladder infection, herbal leaves Conyza scabrida
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa, Agter–Hantam, Northern Cape Province
Vernacular name :
meidebos, perskebos (Hantam names)
Reference HS 37
Author(s) :
Semenya, S.S, M. J. Potgieter
Title :
Bapedi traditional healers in the Limpopo Province, South Africa: their socio-cultural profile and traditional healing practice
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2014, 10:4 doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-4
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/10/1/4
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Symptoms :
H(099)
Recipes :
H(099, 1) depression, roots of Conyza scabrida. Decoction for 10 minutes. One tin cup of extract is taken orally. Thrice a day
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Limpopo Province)
Vernacular name :
unknown
Reference HV 51
Author(s) :
Van Wyk, B.-E.
Title :
A review of Khoi-San and Cape Dutch medical ethnobotany.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology , Volume 119, pp.331–341 (2008)
Symptoms :
H(000), H(037), H(104), H(108), H(178)
Recipes :
Herb of Conyza scabrida; infusions for H(104) stomach, H(037) chest ailments,H(178) eart, H(108) Influenza (1918); H(000) topical (steaming) for women’s ailments (South African plant with a wide distribution that is also traditionally used in the Sotho and Nguni cultures) from Smith (1895) reference to be found in HV 51_van Wyk
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa ((from Namaqualand
to the Eastern Cape)
Vernacular name :
oondbos, oondbesembos (Africaans)