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Official name :
Acalypha brachiata C. Krauss
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
1 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HN 52
Author(s) :
Ngezahayo, J., F. Havyarimana, L. Hari, C. Stévigny, P. Duez.
Title :
Medicinal plants used by Burundian traditional healers for the treatment of microbial diseases + Supplemtary table
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 173, 338–351 (2015)
Symptoms :
H(008), H(014)
Recipes :
H(008) diarrhea. A handful of fresh leaves of Acalypha brachiata are decocted in a glass of water. Drunk as a teaspoon (mixed with honey) 3 times (child) or as a glass (adult) per day
H(014) ringworm. A handful of dried leaves are pounded and/or decocted with water (a bottle). The powder (mixed with cow butter) is applied on the body and/or one bottle of the decoction is drunk twice (morning and evening) a day)
This plant is reported by 5% of informants
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi
Vernacular name :
kamimura (Kirundi)
