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Official name :
Asparagus sp.
Family :
Asparagaceae
7 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HD 55
Author(s) :
Delvingt, W. (Editeur Scientifique)
Title :
La forêt des hommes. Terroirs villageois en forêt tropicale africaine
Les presses agronomiques de Gembloux
https://books.google.be/books?id=BTt1bWkzSNIC&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr#v=onepage&q&f=false
Symptoms :
H(004)
Recipes :
H(004) wound, leaves of Asparagus sp. mixed with palm oil, cooking, application on the wound
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Cameroon (the southern plateau)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HG 01
Author(s) :
Gelfand, M., S. Mavi, R.B. Drummond & B. Ndemera
Title :
The traditional medicinal practitioner in Zimbabwe.
Mambo Press, Gweru (Zimbabwe), 411 p., (1985)
(From reference HC 26, HL 22)
Symptoms :
H(001), H(006)
Recipes :
H(001) eyes diseases, H(001) loss of vision, infusion of leaves of Asparagus sp, drops in eyes
H(006) constipation, H(008) diarrhoea, H(104) colic, H(168) amnesia, infusion of roots of Asparagus sp, VO.
H(022) delivery (made easier), infusion of roots , VO.
H(036) vertigo, roots infusion, VO.
H(037) pneumonia, roots of Asparagus sp., infusion, VO.
H(037) pneumonia, carbonized roots powder, scarification
H(037) pneumonia, leaves softrned over a fire, local application
H(037) cough, infusion of corbonized roots, VO. + salt.
H(053) otalgia, leaves infusion, drops in ears
H(068) bilharziosis, roots of Asparagus sp. of Vigna unguiculata, to cook VO.
H(006) constipation, H(008) diarrhoea, H(104) colic, H(168) amnesia, infusion of roots of Asparagus sp, VO.
H(022) delivery (made easier), infusion of roots , VO.
H(036) vertigo, roots infusion, VO.
H(037) pneumonia, roots of Asparagus sp., infusion, VO.
H(037) pneumonia, carbonized roots powder, scarification
H(037) pneumonia, leaves softrned over a fire, local application
H(037) cough, infusion of corbonized roots, VO. + salt.
H(053) otalgia, leaves infusion, drops in ears
H(068) bilharziosis, roots of Asparagus sp. of Vigna unguiculata, to cook VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HK 75
Author(s) :
Kefalew, A., Z. Asfaw & E. Kelbessa
Title :
Ethnobotany of medicinal plants in Ada’a District, East Shewa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 11:25 , (2015)
DOI 10.1186/s13002-015-0014-6
Symptoms :
H(126)
Recipes :
H(126, 4) jaundice (Yewof beshita), leaf of Hypericum quartinianum with roots of Asparagus sp. pounded and homogenised in water and given to the patient orally for three consecutive days. Half a glass is the limit for a day
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia ( Oromia Regional State)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Reference HL 29
Author(s) :
Lestrade, A
Title :
La médecine indigène au Ruanda et Lexique des termes médicaux français - urunyarwanda
Mémoire présenté à la séance du 20 décembre 1954. de l'Académie Royale des Sciences Coloniales de Belgique
Symptoms :
V(041)
Recipes :
Vb(041) blackleg livestock (ubutaka bwa nyamukuka or umubagabaga, umutagara), or symptomatic anthrax or ubutaka bwa nyamukanura, rapid anthrax, presumably acute bacterium anthrax: autre healing method: pulverized coals cooled from the plants ; Acanthus montanus (ibitovu (igitovu?)) , Asparagus sp. (imishabishabi), Achyranthes aspera (umuhurura). Incisions on swelling and spitting on wounds. Using his finger, insert the powder and top with fresh butter
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
imishabishabi (Kinyarwanda)
Reference HL 32
Author(s) :
Lautenschläger, T., M. Monizi , M. Pedro, J. L. Mandombe, M. Futuro Bránquima, C. Heinze and C. Neinhuis
Title :
First large-scale ethnobotanical survey in the province of Uíge, northern Angola
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 14:51 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0238-3
Symptoms :
H(037)
Recipes :
H(037) cough, bulb, cook, chewing
H(139) erectile dysfunction, bulb, crudité, maceration In palm wine (malafu), VO.
H(139) erectile dysfunction, bulb, crudité, maceration In palm wine (malafu), VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Angola (province de Uíge)
Vernacular name :
nsesa mpakasa (Kikongo)
Reference HU 02
Author(s) :
Urso, V., M. A. Signorini, M. Tonini , P. Bruschi
Title :
Wild medicinal and food plants used by communities living in Mopane woodlands of southern Angola: Results of an ethnobotanical field investigation
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 177, 126–139, (2016)
Symptoms :
H(027z)
Recipes :
H(027z, 3) pregnancy troubles, belowground organs of Asparagus sp., RNS
Region :
West Africa
Country :
southern Angola
Vernacular name :
epimpa
Reference VM 48
Author(s) :
Moreki, J.C., K. Tshireletso and I. C.Okoli
Title :
Potential Use of Ethnoveterinary Medicine for Retained Placenta in Cattle in Mogonono, Botswana
Journal of Animal Production Advances, 2(6):303-309 (2012)
http://www.grjournals.com/portals/grjournals/JAPA/Vol2%20Issue6/JAPA-2012-05-303-309.pdf
Symptoms :
V(030)
Recipes :
Vb(030, 8) retained placenta, roots / nodes of Asparagus sp.., (information presented was obtained from herdboys and stockowners)
Region :
South Africa
Country :
Botswana (Mogonono village in Kweneng District)
Vernacular name :
mositwasitwane (Tswana), asparagus (English)