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Official name :
Pelargonium sidoides DC.
Family :
Geraniaceae
6 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HB 54
Author(s) :
Bisi-Johnson, M. A., Obi, C. L., Kambizi, L. and Nkomo, M.
Title :
A survey of indigenous herbal diarrhoeal remedies of O.R. Tambo district, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 9(8), pp. 1245-1254 (2010)
http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB
Symptoms :
H(008), H(077)
Recipes :
H(008) diarrhoea, dysentery, H(077) vomiting, infusion of leaves or root of Pelargonium sidoides for enema
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Eastern Cape Province,Tambo district)
Vernacular name :
umsongelo (Xhosa), rose-scented Pelargonium (English)
Reference HD 25
Author(s) :
Dyubeni, L. and L. V. Buwa
Title :
An ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment of ear, nose and throat (ENT) infections in Nkonkobe Municipality, South Africa
Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 6(14), pp. 2721-2726, 16 April, 2012
http://www.academicjournals.org/JMPR/PDF/pdf2012/16Apr/Dyubeni%20and%20Buwa.pdf
Symptoms :
H(118)
Recipes :
H(118) throat infection (Umqala obuhlungu, Izilonda emqaleni), roots of Pelargonium sidoides are boiled and taken orally.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (municipality of Nkonkobe)
Vernacular name :
umsongelo (Xhosa)
Reference HP 54
Author(s) :
Phillips, E.P.
Title :
A contribution to the flora of the Leribe Plateau and environs . Annals of the South African Museum16: 1–379 . (1917)
From:
The medical ethnobotany of Lesotho: a review. Bothalia 41,1: 209–228 (2011)
Symptoms :
H(008), H(104)
Recipes :
H(008) diarrhoea, dysentery, H(104) colic;ONS. Pelargonium bowkeri, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Lesotho)
Vernacular name :
khoara-e-nyenyane
Reference HS 45
Author(s) :
Seleteng Kose, L. , A. Moteetee, S. Van Vuuren
Title :
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the Maseru district of Lesotho
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 170, 184–200, (2015)
Symptoms :
H(006), H(008), H(055)
Recipes :
H(006) constipation, H(008) diarrhoea, H(055) vomiting; roots of Pelargonium sidoides, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
Lesotho ( Maseru district)
Vernacular name :
khoara (Sesotho)
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(008), H(051), H(091)
Recipes :
H(008) Tuberous roots of Pelargonium sidoides; H(008) diarrhoea and dysentery; H(091) anaemias and weakness,H(051) fever (South African plant with a wide distribution that is also traditionally used in the Sotho and Nguni cultures) from Smith (1895); from MacOwan (1897) reference to be found in HV 51_van Wyk
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa ((from Namaqualand
to the Eastern Cape)
Vernacular name :
rabas, rooirabas (Khoi/Nama)
Reference VW 01
Author(s) :
Watt, J.M., Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G.
Title :
The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa.E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., Edinburg and London, Second edition, 1457 p., (1962) (partially from the references VM 18, HV 09, HC 26, HL 22, HS 32)
Symptoms :
V(068)
Recipes :
Vb(068) used as anthelmintics for calves with Pelargonium sidoides, Ziziphus zeyheriana , decoctions ONS., RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered