Prelude Medicinal Plants Database

Acacia verugera Schweinf. : 1 reference(s)

Official name : Acacia verugera Schweinf.

Family : Fabaceae

Reference HV 03

Author(s) : Vergiat, A.-M.

Title : Plantes magiques et médicinales des féticheurs de l'Oubangui (Région de Bangui) (3e partie) Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 16, n°9-10, Septembre-octobre 1969. pp. 418-456; Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°1-4, Janvier-février-mars-avril 1970. pp. 60-91; Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°5-6, Mai-juin 1970. pp. 171-199; Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°7-9, Juillet-août-septembre 1970. pp. 295-339 http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1969_num_16_9_3037 http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_1_3053 http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_5_3060 http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_7_3071

Symptoms : H(005x), H(012), H(037), H(104), H(201)

Recipes : H(005x) vesicant, H(012) fracture, fresh root scrapings of Acacia verugera in poultice
H(037) cough, H(104) sore belly, decoction of young shoots
H(201) The long spines serve, in spellbinding ceremonies, to cast spells.

Region : Central Africa

Country : Central African Republic (Oubangui)

Vernacular name : ganza (Manja), bugaza (Gbaya), egbire (Banda)

Aloe ferox Miller : 1 reference(s)

Official name : Aloe ferox Miller

Family : Asphodelaceae

Reference HC 27

Author(s) : Coopoosamy, R. M. and K. K. Naidoo

Title : An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Durban, South Africa. African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology Vol. 6(11), pp. 818-823, 22 March, 2012

Symptoms : H(002), H(004), H(005x), H(006), H(013), H(013), H(014), H(020x), H(051), H(076), H(076), H(091), H(108), H(111), H(111x), H(191), H(137), H(199)

Recipes : H(002) applied on nipples for females who breast fed , H(004) wounds, H(005x) blisters, H(006) constipation,H(013) acne,H(013) rashes,H(014) itchy places, H(020x) insect bites , H(051) fever blisters, H(076) mouth ulcers, H(076) cracked lips, H(091) immune boosters, H(108) cold sore, H(111) burns, H(111x) sunburn, H(191) blood purifiers, H(137) sores , H(199) against secondary infections of HIV (Medicinal herbs being sold at local markets (Umlazi and Durban))

Region : South Africa

Country : South Africa (province of Durban, Umlazi region)

Vernacular name : inhlaba (Zulu)

Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd. : 1 reference(s)

Official name : Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd.

Family : Asphodelaceae

Reference HC 27

Author(s) : Coopoosamy, R. M. and K. K. Naidoo

Title : An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Durban, South Africa. African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology Vol. 6(11), pp. 818-823, 22 March, 2012

Symptoms : H(004), H(005x), H(013), H(014), H(020x), H(051), H(076), H(108), H(111), H(111x)

Recipes : H(013) acne, H(111) burns, H(005x) blisters, H(108) cold, H(137) sores (even on penis and vagina), H(004) cracked lips, H(004) cracked fingers, nails and heels, H(020x) insect bites,H(014) itchy places, H(051) fièvre blisters, H(076) mouth ulcers, H(111x) sunburn,H(013) rashes andH(014) ringworm, ONS, RNS. (Medicinal herbs being sold at local markets (Umlazi and Durban).

Region : South Africa

Country : South Africa (province of Durban, Umlazi region)

Vernacular name : ibhucu / intelezi (Zulu)

Plumbago zeylanica L. : 1 reference(s)

Official name : Plumbago zeylanica L.

Family : Plumbaginaceae

Reference HK 01

Author(s) : Kerharo, J. & J. G. Adam

Title : La pharmacopée sénégalaise traditionnelle. Plantes médicinales et toxiques. Editions Vigot Frères, Paris, 1011 p., (1974)

Symptoms : H(005x)

Recipes : H(005x), roots of Plumbago zeylanica, local application

Region : West Africa

Country : Senegal

Vernacular name : not registered

Solanum incanum L. : 1 reference(s)

Official name : Solanum incanum L.

Family : Solanaceae

Synonyms : Solanum insanum L. , Solanum coagulans Forssk.

Reference HY 02

Author(s) : Yineger, H., D. Yewhalaw & D. Teketay

Title : Ethnomedicinal plant knowledge and practice of the Oromo ethnic group in southwestern Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 4:11 (2008) + additional file

Symptoms : H(005x), H(124), H(198)

Recipes : H(005x) blister (Shao), fresh leaves and fruits of Solanum incanum, crushed, squeezed, topical ointment
H(124) nose bleeding (fununa), fresh leaves of Solanum., squeezed, drops in nose
H(198) loss of hair (toro), fresh leaves of Solanum., crushed with butter, topical application

Region : East Africa

Country : Southwestern Ethiopia (Oromo ethnic group)

Vernacular name : hiddii (Oromo)

Vangueria tomentosa Hochst. : 1 reference(s)

Official name : Vangueria tomentosa Hochst.

Family : Rubiaceae

Reference HB 50

Author(s) : Bruschi, P., , M. Morganti, M. Mancini, M. A. Signorini

Title : Traditional healers and laypeople: A qualitative and quantitative approach to local knowledge on medicinal plants in Muda (Mozambique) Journal of Ethnopharmacology 138, 543– 563, (2011) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874111007276

Symptoms : H(005x), H(022), H(037), H(082), H(104)

Recipes : H(005x) skin blisters, leaves, barks, roots of Vangueria infausta, decoction, VO.
H(022) to induce or to speed the delivery process, leaves, barks, roots, macerated in H2O, VO.
H(037) cough, leaves, barks, roots, decoction, VO.
H(082) asthma, leaves, barks, roots, decoction, VO.
H(104) stomachache, leaves, barks, roots of Vangueria infausta, macerated in H2O, VO.

Region : East Africa

Country : Mozambique (Muda)

Vernacular name : mumzwiro (Chindau)

Symptom : H(005x)