Author(s) :
Lebbie, A. R., R. P. Guries
Title :
Ethnobotanical value and conservation of sacred groves of the Kpaa Mende in Sierra Leone
Economic Botany, 49 (3), pp. 297-308, (1995)
Symptoms :
H(022), H(027)
Recipes :
H(022) apical leaves of Scleria barteri are macerated, a hot charcoal is dropped in the leaf infusion, and the infusion is drunk during the last month of pregnancy to hasten child delivery.
H(027) roots of Dryopteris striata are cut, sun dried and boiled with stems of Marsdenia latifolia and leaves of Scleria barteri then mixed with those of Palisota hirsuta and seeds of Xylopia aethiopica the decoction is drunk to induce foetal movement during pregnancy.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Sierra Leone (Moyamba District)
Vernacular name :
njawae (Kpaa Mende)
