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Reference : HK 2k
Author(s) :
Kargbo, T. H.
Title :
Traditional midwifery practice in Sierra Leone and some medicinal plants used by traditional birth attendants, 212 - 220, (1979)
Quatrième symposium inter-africain OUA / CSTR sur la Pharmacopée traditionnelle et les plantes médicinales africaines.(Le Abidgan-Côte d'Ivoire, 25-29 septembre 1979) Rapport et recommandations, Lagos, OUA / CSTR, P. M. B. 2359, Lagos, Nigeria.Cairo, University Press, 744 p. (1983)
Reference HK 2k has information about 8 plants :
Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.A. Adams
Official name :
Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.A. Adams
Family :
Asteraceae
Synonyms :
Aspilia latifolia Oliv. & Hiern
Symptoms :
H(094)
Recipes :
H(094) pregnant women, leaves, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Sierra Leone
Vernacular name :
buthana
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
Official name :
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Cajanus indicus Spreng.
Symptoms :
H(046)
Recipes :
H(046), ONS., RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Sierra Leone
Vernacular name :
not registered
Gouania longispicata Engl.
Official name :
Gouania longispicata Engl.
Family :
Rhamnaceae
Symptoms :
H(022)
Recipes :
H(022), leaves, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Sierra Leone
Vernacular name :
sawa-la
Hibiscus sabdariffa L.
Official name :
Hibiscus sabdariffa L.
Family :
Malvaceae
Symptoms :
H(094)
Recipes :
H(094)post partum, leaves, decoction (H2O), VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Sierra Leone
Vernacular name :
salui
Nauclea latifolia Sm.
Official name :
Nauclea latifolia Sm.
Family :
Rubiaceae
Synonyms :
Sarcocephalus russeggeri Schweinf.
,
Sarcocephalus latifolius (Smith) Bruce
,
Sarcocephalus esculentus Afzel. ex Sabine
Symptoms :
H(006)
Recipes :
H(006) pregnant women, roots, decoction (H2O), VO
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Sierra Leone
Vernacular name :
yumbuyamgeh
Newbouldia laevis (P.Beauv.) Seemann ex Bureau
Official name :
Newbouldia laevis (P.Beauv.) Seemann ex Bureau
Family :
Bignoniaceae
Symptoms :
H(104), H(124)
Recipes :
H(104) + H(124) pregnant women, leaves, pounded + H2O, VO
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Sierra Leone
Vernacular name :
pomamagbeh (Mende), keslolo (Limba)
Psidium guajava L.
Official name :
Psidium guajava L.
Family :
Myrtaceae
Symptoms :
H(008)
Recipes :
H(008) pregnant women,, leaves, decoction (H2O), VO
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Sierra Leone
Vernacular name :
gbogavai
Sida rhombifolia L.
Official name :
Sida rhombifolia L.
Family :
Malvaceae
Symptoms :
H(013), H(018)
Recipes :
H(018), ONS., RNS.
H(013) , ONS., RNS. -
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Sierra Leone
Vernacular name :
crain- crain
