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 :
H(100), H(173)
Recipes :
H(100) gonorrhea (imitezi ), Treatment: leaves or roots of Gallium sp. (umukararambwe), with leaves of Asteracantha longifolia. (bugangabukari) cooked with roots of Urtica dioica (igisura) : add berry of Solanum aculeastrum (umutobotobo) Cook all and use the liquid as enema
H(173) leprosy (ibibembe) (sometimes confused with certain skin conditions) Remedy made from fresh plants, triturated, crushed. The juice is lying water; you drink in a day Plants used : Hypodematium aff. (gingwijana), (?) umuharakûko, Chenopodium opulifolium (umugombe), Lysimachia ruhmeriana (umuyobora), Cogniauxia sp. (umutanga), (?) ishyoza, Clerondendron sp. (umukuzanyana), Thunbergia alata (gisayura), Lantana salvifolia (umuhengeri), Brillantaisia cicatricosa (ikirôgora), Asteracantha longifolia (bugangabukari), Rhoicissus erythroides (umumara)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
bugangabukari (Kinyarwanda)
