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Description :
antalgic, sick headache, cephalalgy, migraine
19 plants found in 12 reference(s) :
Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Codd :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Codd
Family :
Apocynaceae
Reference HM 76
Author(s) :
Maroyi, A.
Title :
Diversity of use and local knowledge of wild and cultivated plants in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine,13:43 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-017-0173-8
Symptoms :
V(018), V(020)
Recipes :
V(018) headache, V(020)snakebite, leaves of Acokanthera oblongifolia , RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
Vernacular name :
inxinebe (isi Xhosa)
Aerva javanica (Burm. f.) Juss. ex Schult. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aerva javanica (Burm. f.) Juss. ex Schult.
Family :
Amaranthaceae
Synonyms :
Aerva persica (Burm. f.) Merr.
Reference VS 03
Author(s) :
SEPASAL DATABASE
Title :
Center for Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens.Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK.
Symptoms :
V(018)
Recipes :
V(018), ONS., RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
West Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Allium cepa L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Allium cepa L.
Family :
Alliaceae
Reference VD 05
Author(s) :
Dim Delobson, A. A.
Title :
Les secrets des sorciers noirs.
Librairie E. Nourry Paris, 254 - 271, (1934)
Symptoms :
V(018)
Recipes :
V(018) put the onion in the barn
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Burkina-Faso
Vernacular name :
albasle
Aloe wilsonii Reynolds :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aloe wilsonii Reynolds
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Reference VH 3k
Author(s) :
Heine, B. & C. König
Title :
Plant concepts and plant use .An ethnobotanical survey of the semi-arid and arid lands of East Africa.Part 2: Plants of the So (Uganda).142 p., Band 7 (1988)
Kolner Beiträge zur Entwicklungsländerforschung / Cologne Development StudiesVerlag breitenbach Publishers, Saarbrücken, Fort Lauderdale
Symptoms :
V(001), V(018), V(055), V(137)
Recipes :
V(001)use the latex as an eye medicine
V(137), body pains, H(018)headache; apply the latex to body part which aches
V(055), soak or boil the plant in water, to drink; emetic
V(103), toothache, pound the root, mix with pounded leaves, apply to the paining tooth
V(137), body pains, H(018)headache; apply the latex to body part which aches
V(055), soak or boil the plant in water, to drink; emetic
V(103), toothache, pound the root, mix with pounded leaves, apply to the paining tooth
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Uganda (So)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Berkheya spekeana Oliv. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Berkheya spekeana Oliv.
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference VB 02
Author(s) :
Baerts, M. & J. Lehmann
Title :
Plantes médicinales vétérinaires de la région des crêtes Zaïre-Nil au Burundi.
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Ann. Sc. Eco., Vol. 21, 133 p., (1991)
Symptoms :
V(004), V(018)
Recipes :
Vb(004,1), leaves, ashes on scarifications
Vb(018,1), leaves, juice, drops in nostril , Berkheya spekeana + Helichrysum ceres + Senecio maranguensis + Sesbania sesban + Protea madiensis + Clematis simensis
Vb(018,1), leaves, juice, drops in nostril , Berkheya spekeana + Helichrysum ceres + Senecio maranguensis + Sesbania sesban + Protea madiensis + Clematis simensis
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi (Zaïre-Nil ridge region)
Vernacular name :
igihandambwa (Kirundi)
Borreria verticillata (L.) G. F. W. Mey. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Borreria verticillata (L.) G. F. W. Mey.
Family :
Rubiaceae
Synonyms :
Spermacoce verticillata L.
Reference VD 02
Author(s) :
Dalziel, J.M.
Title :
The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
The Crown Agents for the Colonies, 4, Millbank, Westminster, London, S.W.1, 612 p., (1937)
Symptoms :
V(018)
Recipes :
Veq(018), ONS., smoke bath
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
not registered
Clematis simensis Fres. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Clematis simensis Fres.
Family :
Ranunculaceae
Reference VB 02
Author(s) :
Baerts, M. & J. Lehmann
Title :
Plantes médicinales vétérinaires de la région des crêtes Zaïre-Nil au Burundi.
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Ann. Sc. Eco., Vol. 21, 133 p., (1991)
Symptoms :
V(016), V(018), V(028), V(035), V(036), V(037)
Recipes :
Vb(016,2), leaves, juice,VO.
Vb(018,1), leaves, juice, drops in nose, Berkheya spekeana + Helichrysum ceres + Senecio maranguensis + Sesbania sesban + Protea madiensis. + Clematis simensis
Vb(028,1), leaves, juice, enema
Vb(035,8), leaves, decoction, VO.
Vb(036,4), leaves, juice,VO.
Vb(037,1), calf, leaves, juice, VO. + drops in nose, Dodonaea viscosa + Clematis simensis
Vb(018,1), leaves, juice, drops in nose, Berkheya spekeana + Helichrysum ceres + Senecio maranguensis + Sesbania sesban + Protea madiensis. + Clematis simensis
Vb(028,1), leaves, juice, enema
Vb(035,8), leaves, decoction, VO.
Vb(036,4), leaves, juice,VO.
Vb(037,1), calf, leaves, juice, VO. + drops in nose, Dodonaea viscosa + Clematis simensis
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi (Zaïre-Nil ridge region)
Vernacular name :
umunkamba (Kirundi)
Clutia abyssinica Jaub. & Spach. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Clutia abyssinica Jaub. & Spach.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference VB 02
Author(s) :
Baerts, M. & J. Lehmann
Title :
Plantes médicinales vétérinaires de la région des crêtes Zaïre-Nil au Burundi.
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Ann. Sc. Eco., Vol. 21, 133 p., (1991)
Symptoms :
V(018)
Recipes :
Vb(018,1), leaves, juice, drops in nose
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi (Zaïre-Nil ridge region)
Vernacular name :
umuberama (Kirundi) umurerama
Cyathula uncinulata (Schrad.) Schinz :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cyathula uncinulata (Schrad.) Schinz
Family :
Amaranthaceae
Reference VB 36
Author(s) :
Balagizi, I. , A. Cihyoka & S. Mapatano
Title :
Lexique et recueil des quelques pratiques en ethno-pharmacopée agro-vétérinaire au Kivu.
Plate forme Diobass au Kivu, 118p. (juin 2005)
Symptoms :
V(018), V(027), V(030)
Recipes :
Vb(018) sick headache (kahazi, nfumba), to pound the leaves of Myrianthus holstii of Cyathula uncinulata, juice, 3 drops in each ear each day
Vb(027) abortion prevention, leaves of Carduus nyassanus of Pycnostachys erici-rosenii of Cyathula uncinulata of Sida rhombifolia of Hibiscus fuscus + salt, to crush, in the food
Vb(027) abortion prevention, to pound 1 handfull of leaves of Kotschya africana of Chenopodium procerum of Cyathula uncinulata of Achyranthes aspera, to pound, to dilute in 2 liters H2O tepid, VO. 75 cl 2 X / day during 6 days
Vb(027) abortion prevention, 1 handfull of leaves of Cyathula uncinulata of Chenopodium procerum of Indigofera arrecta of Sida rhombifolia of Pycnostachys erici-rosenii of Hibiscus noldae, whole plant of Setaria verticillata, to pound, to dilute in 1 liter H2O , VO , 75 cl morning and evening
Vb(030) retained placenta (muziha), maceration of leaves of Chenopodium procerum of Crassocephalum montuosum of Cyathula uncinulata of Dodonea viscosa of Hibiscus noldae, VO. 1 glass 2 X / day during 3 days
Vb(027) abortion prevention, leaves of Carduus nyassanus of Pycnostachys erici-rosenii of Cyathula uncinulata of Sida rhombifolia of Hibiscus fuscus + salt, to crush, in the food
Vb(027) abortion prevention, to pound 1 handfull of leaves of Kotschya africana of Chenopodium procerum of Cyathula uncinulata of Achyranthes aspera, to pound, to dilute in 2 liters H2O tepid, VO. 75 cl 2 X / day during 6 days
Vb(027) abortion prevention, 1 handfull of leaves of Cyathula uncinulata of Chenopodium procerum of Indigofera arrecta of Sida rhombifolia of Pycnostachys erici-rosenii of Hibiscus noldae, whole plant of Setaria verticillata, to pound, to dilute in 1 liter H2O , VO , 75 cl morning and evening
Vb(030) retained placenta (muziha), maceration of leaves of Chenopodium procerum of Crassocephalum montuosum of Cyathula uncinulata of Dodonea viscosa of Hibiscus noldae, VO. 1 glass 2 X / day during 3 days
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Kivu)
Vernacular name :
igwarha, igwarha lihume (Mashi), buweke (Lega), igifashi (Kinyarwanda) kihatambuli (Kinande), igguwato, kimbenene (Nyindu)
Guiera senegalensis J.F. Gmel. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Guiera senegalensis J.F. Gmel.
Family :
Combretaceae
Reference VN 02
Author(s) :
Nwude, N. & M.A. Ibrahim
Title :
Plants used in traditional veterinary medical practice in Nigeria.
Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics, Volume 3, 261 - 273, (1980)
Symptoms :
V(001), V(006), V(018), V(104)
Recipes :
Vb(001)Vb(018), leaves, decoction, inhalation of vapors, or leaves deposited on warm ashes, inhalation of vapors --- V(006), V(104), pounded leaves+ H2O, VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria
Vernacular name :
sabara (Hausa)
Helichrysum ceres S. Moore :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Helichrysum ceres S. Moore
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference VB 02
Author(s) :
Baerts, M. & J. Lehmann
Title :
Plantes médicinales vétérinaires de la région des crêtes Zaïre-Nil au Burundi.
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Ann. Sc. Eco., Vol. 21, 133 p., (1991)
Symptoms :
V(018)
Recipes :
Vb(018,1), leaves, juice, drops in nose
Vb(018,1), leaves, juice, drops in nose, Helichrysum ceres , Berkheya spekeana, Senecio maranguensis, Sesbania sesban, Protea madiensis, Clematis simensis
Vb(018,1), leaves, juice, drops in nose, Helichrysum ceres , Berkheya spekeana, Senecio maranguensis, Sesbania sesban, Protea madiensis, Clematis simensis
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi (Zaïre-Nil ridge region)
Vernacular name :
ngabimwe (Kirundi)
Myrianthus holstii Engl. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Myrianthus holstii Engl.
Family :
Moraceae
Reference VB 36
Author(s) :
Balagizi, I. , A. Cihyoka & S. Mapatano
Title :
Lexique et recueil des quelques pratiques en ethno-pharmacopée agro-vétérinaire au Kivu.
Plate forme Diobass au Kivu, 118p. (juin 2005)
Symptoms :
V(004), V(016), V(018)
Recipes :
Vb(004) wounds of teats, Vb(016) (cibeba, byufa, enjingu) leaves dried of Vernonia amygdalina of Myrianthus holstii of Rubia cordifolia, piece of bag made with Agave sisalana, to burn and to mix the ashes with palm oil, to coat
Vb(018) sick headache (kahazi, nfumba), to pound the leaves of Myrianthus holstii of Cyathula uncinulata, juice, 3 drops in each ear each day
Vb(018) sick headache (kahazi, nfumba), to pound the leaves of Myrianthus holstii of Cyathula uncinulata, juice, 3 drops in each ear each day
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Kivu)
Vernacular name :
bwamba, kisike (Mashi), ishike (Lega), umufe (Kinyarwanda), kyamba (Kinande)
Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. ex Benth. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. ex Benth.
Family :
Lamiaceae
Reference VT 27
Author(s) :
Tilahum Teklehaymanot, Mirutse Giday
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by people in Zegie Peninsula, Northwestern Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 3:12 (2007)
Symptoms :
V(018), V(051), V(166), V(200), V(206)
Recipes :
V(018) + V(051) + V(166) muscle spasm + V(200) herpes + V(206) (all those symptoms = mich), juice of leaves of Ocimum lamiifolium + Dagusa injera, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Northwest, Zegie peninsula)
Vernacular name :
dama kesse (Amharic)
Protea madiensis Oliv. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Protea madiensis Oliv.
Family :
Proteaceae
Reference VB 02
Author(s) :
Baerts, M. & J. Lehmann
Title :
Plantes médicinales vétérinaires de la région des crêtes Zaïre-Nil au Burundi.
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Ann. Sc. Eco., Vol. 21, 133 p., (1991)
Symptoms :
V(008), V(018)
Recipes :
Vb(008,1), roots, juice, VO.
Vb(018,1), roots, juice, drops in nose, Berkheya spekeana + Helichrysum ceres + Senecio maranguensis + Sesbania sesban +Protea madiensis + Clematis simensis
Vb(018,1), roots, juice, drops in nose, Berkheya spekeana + Helichrysum ceres + Senecio maranguensis + Sesbania sesban +Protea madiensis + Clematis simensis
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi (Zaïre-Nil ridge region)
Vernacular name :
igihungere (Kirundi)
Rhus natalensis Bernh. ex Krauss :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Rhus natalensis Bernh. ex Krauss
Family :
Anacardiaceae
Reference VM 09
Author(s) :
Minja, M.M.J.
Title :
The Maasai Wonder Plants.
People and Plants training workshop held at the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania, 15th – 18th march 1999.
Symptoms :
V(018), V(041)
Recipes :
Vb(018), leaves of Rhus natalensis are boiled and given to cattle to reduce pains, Vb(041), leaves to prepare a vaccine again black quarter
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Simanjiro country)
Vernacular name :
ormisikiyoi (Maasai)
Senecio maranguensis O. Hoffm. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Senecio maranguensis O. Hoffm.
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference VB 02
Author(s) :
Baerts, M. & J. Lehmann
Title :
Plantes médicinales vétérinaires de la région des crêtes Zaïre-Nil au Burundi.
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Ann. Sc. Eco., Vol. 21, 133 p., (1991)
Symptoms :
V(018)
Recipes :
Vb(018,1), leaves, juice, drops in nose, Berkheya spekeana + Helichrysum ceres + Senecio maranguensis + Sesbania sesban + Protea madiensis + Clematis simensis
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi (Zaïre-Nil ridge region)
Vernacular name :
imbatura (Kirundi)
Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. var. nubica Chiov. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. var. nubica Chiov.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Sesbania aegyptiaca auct. plur. pro majore parte, non Pers.
Reference VB 02
Author(s) :
Baerts, M. & J. Lehmann
Title :
Plantes médicinales vétérinaires de la région des crêtes Zaïre-Nil au Burundi.
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Ann. Sc. Eco., Vol. 21, 133 p., (1991)
Symptoms :
V(016), V(018), V(030), V(035)
Recipes :
Vb(016,1), leaves, juice, VO.
Vb(018,1), leaves, juice, drops in nose, Berkheya spekeana + Helichrysum ceres + Senecio maranguensis + Sesbania sesban + Protea madiensis + Clematis simensis
Vb(030,1), leaves, juice, VO.+ enema
Vb(035,1), leaves, juice, VO.
Vb(018,1), leaves, juice, drops in nose, Berkheya spekeana + Helichrysum ceres + Senecio maranguensis + Sesbania sesban + Protea madiensis + Clematis simensis
Vb(030,1), leaves, juice, VO.+ enema
Vb(035,1), leaves, juice, VO.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi (Zaïre-Nil ridge region)
Vernacular name :
umunyegenyege (Kirundi)
Tetradenia riparia (Hochst.) Codd :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Tetradenia riparia (Hochst.) Codd
Family :
Lamiaceae
Synonyms :
Iboza riparia (Hochst.) N.E. Br.
Reference VK 02
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)
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
Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl.
Family :
Rutaceae
Reference VG 25
Author(s) :
Gradé, J.T., J. R.S. Tabuti, P.Van Damme
Title :
Ethnoveterinary knowledge in pastoral Karamoja, Uganda
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 122, pp. 273–293 (2009)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874109000233
Symptoms :
V(008), V(014), V(018), V(051), V(117), V(126)
Recipes :
Vb(008) diarrhoea (akiurut), H2O extract of bark of Carissa spinarum, roots of Zanthoxylum chalybeum , RNS. (receipt from the Bokora and Pian tribes)
Vb(008) diarrhoea of calf (aremor) sour milk extract of roots, RNS. (receipt from the Pian tribe)
Vb(014) lumpy skin disease (voir Carissa edulis) (receipt from the Pian tribe)
Vb(051) fever (iyalaara), Vb(018) headache (lokou), H2O extract of bark of Zanthoxylum chalybeum, RNS. (receipt from the Pian tribe)
Vb(051) fever (iyalaara), (voir Carissa edulis) (receipt from the Pian tribe)
Vb(117) anaplasmosis (lopid) , H2O extract of bark and roots of Zanthoxylum chalybeum, RNS. (receipt from the Bokora tribe)
Vb(126) liver disease (lolibakonyen), H2O extract of bark and roots of Zanthoxylum chalybeum, RNS. (receipt from Bokora and Matheniko and Pian tribes)
Vb(008) diarrhoea of calf (aremor) sour milk extract of roots, RNS. (receipt from the Pian tribe)
Vb(014) lumpy skin disease (voir Carissa edulis) (receipt from the Pian tribe)
Vb(051) fever (iyalaara), Vb(018) headache (lokou), H2O extract of bark of Zanthoxylum chalybeum, RNS. (receipt from the Pian tribe)
Vb(051) fever (iyalaara), (voir Carissa edulis) (receipt from the Pian tribe)
Vb(117) anaplasmosis (lopid) , H2O extract of bark and roots of Zanthoxylum chalybeum, RNS. (receipt from the Bokora tribe)
Vb(126) liver disease (lolibakonyen), H2O extract of bark and roots of Zanthoxylum chalybeum, RNS. (receipt from Bokora and Matheniko and Pian tribes)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Uganda (Karamoja of northern Uganda)
Vernacular name :
eusugu (Ngakarimojong)