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Official name :
Pollichia campestris Aiton
Family :
Caryophyllaceae
7 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HB 32
Author(s) :
Bussmann, R.W.
Title :
Ethnobotany of the Samburu of Mt. Nyirun South Turkana, Kenya.
Additional File
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2:35 (2006)
Symptoms :
V(095)
Recipes :
Vb(095), ONS., VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Mt Nyiru, South Turkana)
Vernacular name :
iljesii
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(122)
Recipes :
H(033) woman, H(122), roots of Pollichia campestris, to cook, VO. + chicken
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HG 02
Author(s) :
Glover, P.E., J. Stewart & M.D. Gwynne
Title :
Masai and Kipsigis notes on East african plants, Part III - Medicinal uses of plants.
East African agricultural and forestry journal, 32, 2, 200 - 207, (1966)
Symptoms :
H(051)
Recipes :
H(051) paludism, infusion of roots of Pollichia campestris, VO. It causes vomiting and diarrhoea
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HG 02
Author(s) :
Glover, P.E., J. Stewart & M.D. Gwynne
Title :
Masai and Kipsigis notes on East african plants, Part III - Medicinal uses of plants.
East African agricultural and forestry journal, 32, 2, 200 - 207, (1966)
Symptoms :
H(055)
Recipes :
H(055) emetic, decoction of roots of Pollichia campestris, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HM 81
Author(s) :
Mongalo, N. I. and T. J. Makhafola
Title :
Ethnobotanical knowledge of the lay people of Blouberg area (Pedi tribe), Limpopo Province, South Africa
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 14:46 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0245-4
Symptoms :
H(199)
Recipes :
H(199, 15) roots of Pollichia campestris are used to treat HIV/AIDS related infections, RNS., VO
H(199) Sexually transmitted infections and opportunistic infections, stem bark of Cassia abbreviata, roots of Pollichia campestris, of “Matshilana 1”, of Waltheria indica and a handful of bulb of the“Pitsa ya badisha” The plant materials are cooked in about 3 L water and two cups are taken daily
H(150x) foot ache, bulb of Ipomoea bolusiana, a handful of and Cissus cornifolia and Pollichia campestris. The mixture is cooked in a 3 L clay pot, inhaled while still hot. When the heat cools off, the resulting mixture is poured into a bin and then used to wash the legs. The procedure is only done in the evening or during the night, once a day until the pain and infection heals
H(199) Sexually transmitted infections and opportunistic infections, stem bark of Cassia abbreviata, roots of Pollichia campestris, of “Matshilana 1”, of Waltheria indica and a handful of bulb of the“Pitsa ya badisha” The plant materials are cooked in about 3 L water and two cups are taken daily
H(150x) foot ache, bulb of Ipomoea bolusiana, a handful of and Cissus cornifolia and Pollichia campestris. The mixture is cooked in a 3 L clay pot, inhaled while still hot. When the heat cools off, the resulting mixture is poured into a bin and then used to wash the legs. The procedure is only done in the evening or during the night, once a day until the pain and infection heals
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Limpopo Province)
Vernacular name :
tshimanenyana
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(037)
Recipes :
H(037) cooked roots of Pollichia campestris to treat bronchitis and heavy coughs
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Lesotho)
Vernacular name :
letsoai, monokotšoai-oa-makhoaba
Reference VC 09a
Author(s) :
Curasson, M.G. VU
Title :
Arbre, arbustes, buissons et fourrages spontanés divers en régions tropicales et subtropicales.Revue d' élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux, Tome 5 (nouvelle série) n° 4, 213 - 222, 1951 - 1952
Symptoms :
V(095)
Recipes :
V(095) Pollichia campestris is a bushy plant from South Africa that is eaten readily.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered