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(007), H(104)
Recipes :
Root of Asclepias crispa; H(007) diuretic, H(104) stomach pain (South African plant with a wide distribution that is also traditionally used in the Sotho and Nguni cultures) from Thunberg (1785); from Smith (1895); from Kling (1923); from Laidler (1928) reference to be found in HV 51_van Wyk
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa ((from Namaqualand
to the Eastern Cape)
Vernacular name :
bitterhout(jie), bitterwortel (Africaans)