Author(s) :
Mainen J. Moshi, Donald F. Otieno, Pamela K. Mbabazi, Anke Weisheit
Title :
The Ethnomedicine of the Haya people of Bugabo ward, Kagera Region, north western Tanzania
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 5:24 (2009) doi:10.1186/1746-4269-5-24
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/5/1/24
Symptoms :
H(003), H(108), H(201)
Recipes :
H(003) swelling of legs, H(108) colds, H(201) warding off spirits, the leaves of Allophylus chaunostachys are boiled and the decoction drunk as a cold remedy and to treat swollen legs. Bathing with an infusion of the leaves is believed to ward off bad spirits
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Kagera Region)
Vernacular name :
orutete, akatete
