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Author(s) :
Simon, C. & M. Lamla
Title :
Merging pharmacopoeia: understanding the historical origins of incorporative pharmacopoeial processes among Xhosa healers in Southern Africa.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 33, pp. 237 - 242, (1991)
Reference VS 07 has information about 12 plants :
Acokanthera oppositifolia (L.) Codd
Official name :
Acokanthera oppositifolia (L.) Codd
Family :
Apocynaceae
Synonyms :
Acokanthera venenata auct.
Symptoms :
V(015)
Recipes :
Vb(015) a treatment for redwater in cattle (no details) in the Eastern Cape
(registered from reference VD 17)
(registered from reference VD 17)
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Eastern Cape)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Acokanthera oppositifolia (L.) Codd
Official name :
Acokanthera oppositifolia (L.) Codd
Family :
Apocynaceae
Synonyms :
Acokanthera venenata auct.
Symptoms :
V(015)
Recipes :
Vb(015) redwater, ONS., RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
intlungunyembe (Xhosa)
Cannabis sativa L.
Official name :
Cannabis sativa L.
Family :
Cannabaceae
Symptoms :
V(068), V(082)
Recipes :
Veq(068), Veq(082), ONS., RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
umya (Xhosa)
Crinum bulbispermum Milne-Redh. & Schw.
Official name :
Crinum bulbispermum Milne-Redh. & Schw.
Family :
Amaryllidaceae
Symptoms :
V(094)
Recipes :
Veq(117), ONS., RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
inqwebeba (Xhosa)
Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels
Official name :
Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
V(201)
Recipes :
Vb(201) a root decoction used for metaphysical protection for cattle in the Eastern Cape.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Euclea lanceolata E. Mey. ex A. DC.
Official name :
Euclea lanceolata E. Mey. ex A. DC.
Family :
Ebenaceae
Symptoms :
V(004)
Recipes :
V(004)serious, ONS., RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Gunnera perpensa L.
Official name :
Gunnera perpensa L.
Family :
Gunneraceae
Symptoms :
V(082), V(082)
Recipes :
Veq(082), Vb(082), bots in ..., ONS., RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
iphuzilomlambo (Xhosa)
Melianthus major L.
Official name :
Melianthus major L.
Family :
Melianthaceae
Symptoms :
V(094)
Recipes :
Vc(117), ONS., RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
ubuhlungu benamba (Xhosa)
Senecio latifolius DC.
Official name :
Senecio latifolius DC.
Family :
Asteraceae
Symptoms :
V(004)
Recipes :
Veq(004), ONS., RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
i dwara (Xhosa)
Trichilia emetica Vahl
Official name :
Trichilia emetica Vahl
Family :
Meliaceae
Synonyms :
Trichilia roka (Forssk.) Chiov
Symptoms :
V(104), V(113)
Recipes :
V(104), stomach, ONS., RNS.
V(113), backaches, ONS., enema
V(113), backaches, ONS., enema
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
umkhuhlu (Xhosa)
Withania somnifera (L.) Dun.
Official name :
Withania somnifera (L.) Dun.
Family :
Solanaceae
Synonyms :
Physalis somnifera L.
Symptoms :
V(029)
Recipes :
Vb(029) , ONS., RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
ubuvimba (Xhosa)
Xysmalobium undulatum (L.) W.T.Aiton
Official name :
Xysmalobium undulatum (L.) W.T.Aiton
Family :
Apocynaceae
Symptoms :
V(000)
Recipes :
Vcanis(000), distemper in dogs, ONS., RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
intshongwe (Xhosa)