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Description :
depurative, diuretic
22 plants found in 11 reference(s) :
Allium sativum L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Allium sativum L.
Family :
Alliaceae
Reference B6 Nord
Author(s) :
Bellakhdar, J.
Title :
La pharmacopée marocaine traditionnelle: Médecine arabe ancienne et savoirs populaires.
Ibis Press, 764 p. (1997)
Symptoms :
V(004), V(007), V(008), V(037), V(045), V(053), V(068), V(087), V(091), V(093), V(094), V(103), V(108)
Recipes :
V(007) depurative, V(045) anti-infectious, V(091) stimilant vital functions, V(093) general antidote, offshoot of the bulb, raw or cooked vapor, served in meals
V(008) dysenteri, V(037) cough, V(068) intestinal worms, V(108)cold, garlic ground in some oil or some butter
V(094), l'ail entre dans la composition de suppositoires
V(004) +V(087) wounds with pus, V(013) abces, furuncle, V(014), V(020) + V(070), application
V(103), local application of garlic crushed with some salt
V(053), cooked chopped garlic in some fat, instillation in ears
V(008) dysenteri, V(037) cough, V(068) intestinal worms, V(108)cold, garlic ground in some oil or some butter
V(094), l'ail entre dans la composition de suppositoires
V(004) +V(087) wounds with pus, V(013) abces, furuncle, V(014), V(020) + V(070), application
V(103), local application of garlic crushed with some salt
V(053), cooked chopped garlic in some fat, instillation in ears
Region :
North Africa
Country :
Moroco
Vernacular name :
tûm, tûma (Arabic), tiskert, tissert (Berber)
Andropogon sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Andropogon sp.
Family :
Poaceae
Reference VW 02
Author(s) :
Wilbert
Title :
Etudes sur la zootechnie et la pathologie du Soudan Français (Haut Sénégal, Niger et Haute Volta).
Pharmacopée indigène, 242 - 247, (1920) From ref. : VB 10
Symptoms :
V(007), V(051)
Recipes :
V(007), V(051), ONS., RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Burkina-Faso, Mali, Senegal
Vernacular name :
not registered
Basella alba L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Basella alba L.
Family :
Basellaceae
Synonyms :
Basella rubra L.
Reference VB 02
Author(s) :
Baerts, M. & J. Lehmann
Title :
Plantes médicinales vétérinaires de la région des crêtes Zaïre-Nil au Burundi.
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Ann. Sc. Eco., Vol. 21, 133 p., (1991)
Symptoms :
V(007)
Recipes :
Vb(007,1), leaves pulp, compress
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi (Zaïre-Nil ridge region)
Vernacular name :
inderama (Kirundi)
Boscia senegalensis (Pers.) Lam. ex Poir. :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Boscia senegalensis (Pers.) Lam. ex Poir.
Family :
Capparaceae
Reference VB 06
Author(s) :
Bernus, E.
Title :
Maladies humaines et animales chez les Touaregs sahéliens.Journ. Soc. des Africanistes, 39, 1, 111 - 137, (1969) From reference: VB 10
Symptoms :
V(006), V(007), V(014), V(039), V(051), V(054), V(108), V(145)
Recipes :
Vch(004)legs, Maerua crassifolia stem's barks + Boscia senegalensis green fruits + millet, the whole is pounded on the wounds
Veq(007), Veq(006), leaves in rectum
Vch(014),Vch(39x), pounded leaves, decoction + powder of bones or powder of airs of skins to be tanned - -- Vch(051), pounded leaves+ H2O salted
Vch(054), Boscia senegalensis, Nicotiana tabacum pounded leaves + urine of sheep, decoction, liquid in nostril
Vm(108)(tahagga), pounded leaves + urine, drops in nostril
Vch(145) , pounded leaves, decoction + H2O + milk, disease due to a food too rich in Acacia flava and Acacia radiana
Veq(007), Veq(006), leaves in rectum
Vch(014),Vch(39x), pounded leaves, decoction + powder of bones or powder of airs of skins to be tanned - -- Vch(051), pounded leaves+ H2O salted
Vch(054), Boscia senegalensis, Nicotiana tabacum pounded leaves + urine of sheep, decoction, liquid in nostril
Vm(108)(tahagga), pounded leaves + urine, drops in nostril
Vch(145) , pounded leaves, decoction + H2O + milk, disease due to a food too rich in Acacia flava and Acacia radiana
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Sahel (Touaregs)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VD 02
Author(s) :
Dalziel, J.M.
Title :
The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
The Crown Agents for the Colonies, 4, Millbank, Westminster, London, S.W.1, 612 p., (1937)
Symptoms :
V(006), V(007), V(091), V(096)
Recipes :
Vch(006), Vch(007), Vch(096), VO. , pounded fruit in H2O
V‚q(091), Vch(091), leaves, RNS.
V‚q(091), Vch(091), leaves, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria
Vernacular name :
not registered
Cassia didymobotrya Fres. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cassia didymobotrya Fres.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen) Irwin & Barneby
Reference VM 10
Author(s) :
Minja, M.M.J.
Title :
Medicinal plants used in promotion of animal health in Tanzania. Animal Diseases Research Instit., Dep. Pharmacology/ Toxic., Dar Es Salaam. Métissages en santé animale de Madagascar à Haïti. Presses universitaires de Namur, 335 - 364, (1994)
Symptoms :
V(007), V(093)
Recipes :
V(007), V(093)drastic,VO., decoction roots
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Marangu district)
Vernacular name :
iwinu (Cagga)
Chenopodium ugandae (Aellen) Aellen :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Chenopodium ugandae (Aellen) Aellen
Family :
Chenopodiaceae
Reference VB 02
Author(s) :
Baerts, M. & J. Lehmann
Title :
Plantes médicinales vétérinaires de la région des crêtes Zaïre-Nil au Burundi.
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Ann. Sc. Eco., Vol. 21, 133 p., (1991)
Symptoms :
V(001), V(004), V(005), V(007), V(020), V(029), V(030), V(035)
Recipes :
Vb(001,1), juice of leaves, drops in eyes, Spilanthes mauritiana . + Chenopodium ugandae
Vb(004,3), pulp leaves, compresses
Vb(005,1), juice of leaves, VO., Chenopodium ugandae + Momordica foetida
Vb(007,2), pulp leaves , compresses for multiple cutaneous diseases
Vb(020,8), juice of leaves , VO. + to sprinkle on wounds
Vb(020,1), juice of leaves , VO., to sprinkle + Rhus vulgaris + Dalbergia lactea + Chenopodium ugandae
Vb(020,1), juice of leaves ,VO., ashes on scarifications, Cassia occidentalis+ Chenopodium ugandae
Vb(020,3), ashes of leaves on scarifications, Periploca linearifolia + Chenopodium ugandae + Asparagus africanus + Ziziphus abyssinica
Vb(029,1), juice of leaves and stems+ cruhing part ,VO. + icegeko
Vb(030,1), juice of leaves , VO.
Vb(035,3), juice of leaves , VO.
icegeko: treatment for the sterile cows and those that refuse to be suck. The pulp plundered with the plant is introduced into the vagina, later one removes it soaked of lochies if the cow gave birth recently . One carries the whole in the nostrils of the cow. One expresses the juice and one arranges the rests of the plant on the calf coated with salt.The cow will lick the calf who will be allowed to suck
Vb(004,3), pulp leaves, compresses
Vb(005,1), juice of leaves, VO., Chenopodium ugandae + Momordica foetida
Vb(007,2), pulp leaves , compresses for multiple cutaneous diseases
Vb(020,8), juice of leaves , VO. + to sprinkle on wounds
Vb(020,1), juice of leaves , VO., to sprinkle + Rhus vulgaris + Dalbergia lactea + Chenopodium ugandae
Vb(020,1), juice of leaves ,VO., ashes on scarifications, Cassia occidentalis+ Chenopodium ugandae
Vb(020,3), ashes of leaves on scarifications, Periploca linearifolia + Chenopodium ugandae + Asparagus africanus + Ziziphus abyssinica
Vb(029,1), juice of leaves and stems+ cruhing part ,VO. + icegeko
Vb(030,1), juice of leaves , VO.
Vb(035,3), juice of leaves , VO.
icegeko: treatment for the sterile cows and those that refuse to be suck. The pulp plundered with the plant is introduced into the vagina, later one removes it soaked of lochies if the cow gave birth recently . One carries the whole in the nostrils of the cow. One expresses the juice and one arranges the rests of the plant on the calf coated with salt.The cow will lick the calf who will be allowed to suck
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi (Zaïre-Nil ridge region)
Vernacular name :
umugombe (Kirundi)
Cissus quadrangularis L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Family :
Vitaceae
Synonyms :
Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
Reference VC 05
Author(s) :
Coly, R.
Title :
Enquête ethnomédicale vétérinaire au Sénégal.
Métissages en santé animale de Madagascar à Haïti. Presses universitaires de Namur, 153 - 156, (1994)
Symptoms :
V(007), V(014), V(041)
Recipes :
V(007), fumigation, ONS
V(014), maceration plant , bath
V(041), Cissus quadrangularis, Cassia occidentalis , crushed plants, maceration, filter, VO.
V(014), maceration plant , bath
V(041), Cissus quadrangularis, Cassia occidentalis , crushed plants, maceration, filter, VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
gololi (Peul), tebi golo (Wolof)
Cordyla pinnata (Lepr. ex A. Rich.) Milne-Redh. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cordyla pinnata (Lepr. ex A. Rich.) Milne-Redh.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference VD 02
Author(s) :
Dalziel, J.M.
Title :
The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
The Crown Agents for the Colonies, 4, Millbank, Westminster, London, S.W.1, 612 p., (1937)
Symptoms :
V(006), V(006), V(007)
Recipes :
Vb(006, 2), Veq(006, 2), stem's and root's barks, RNS.
Veq(007, 1), stem's and root's barks, RNS.
Veq(007, 1), stem's and root's barks, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria
Vernacular name :
not registered
Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Del. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Del.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference VM 10
Author(s) :
Minja, M.M.J.
Title :
Medicinal plants used in promotion of animal health in Tanzania. Animal Diseases Research Instit., Dep. Pharmacology/ Toxic., Dar Es Salaam. Métissages en santé animale de Madagascar à Haïti. Presses universitaires de Namur, 335 - 364, (1994)
Symptoms :
V(068), V(007)
Recipes :
V(068), V(007), VO., infusion leaves
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Marangu-Moshi district)
Vernacular name :
mfurufuru
Cynodon sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cynodon sp.
Family :
Poaceae
Reference VW 02
Author(s) :
Wilbert
Title :
Etudes sur la zootechnie et la pathologie du Soudan Français (Haut Sénégal, Niger et Haute Volta).
Pharmacopée indigène, 242 - 247, (1920) From ref. : VB 10
Symptoms :
V(007)
Recipes :
V(007), ONS, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali
Vernacular name :
not registered
Embelia schimperi Vatke :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Embelia schimperi Vatke
Family :
Myrsinaceae
Synonyms :
Embelia kilimandschari Gilg
Reference VM 10
Author(s) :
Minja, M.M.J.
Title :
Medicinal plants used in promotion of animal health in Tanzania. Animal Diseases Research Instit., Dep. Pharmacology/ Toxic., Dar Es Salaam. Métissages en santé animale de Madagascar à Haïti. Presses universitaires de Namur, 335 - 364, (1994)
Symptoms :
V(006), V(007), V(037), V(068)
Recipes :
V(006), seeds, RNS.
V(068, 2), seeds, RNS. (not for young animals)
V(037), seeds, RNS. (not for young animals)
V(007), fruits, RNS. (not for young animals)
V(068, 2), seeds, RNS. (not for young animals)
V(037), seeds, RNS. (not for young animals)
V(007), fruits, RNS. (not for young animals)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Arusha)
Vernacular name :
sachona (Masai)
Eragrostis tremula Steud. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Eragrostis tremula Steud.
Family :
Poaceae
Reference VP 02
Author(s) :
Puffet, H.
Title :
Pharmacopée vétérinaire traditionnelle des éleveurs du Sud-Niger.
Tropicultura, 3, 1, 14-15, (1985)
Symptoms :
V(006), V(006), V(007), V(041)
Recipes :
Vo(006), Veq(06), leaves, roots, infusion, enema
V(041), roots, decoction, RNS.
Veq(141), leaves, infusion, wash the urinary channel
V(041), roots, decoction, RNS.
Veq(141), leaves, infusion, wash the urinary channel
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Niger(Dosso)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Erythrina senegalensis A. DC. :
3 reference(s)
Official name :
Erythrina senegalensis A. DC.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HP 52
Author(s) :
Pobeguin, M.
Title :
Les plantes médicinales de la Guinée. Paris. (1912)
Agriculture pratique des pays chauds, : T1 : 279 - 295, 387 - 394, 484 - 496, (1911) ;T2 : 37 - 45, 133 - 144, 233 - 238, (1911)
Symptoms :
V(007)
Recipes :
Veq(007), pounded barks, H2O, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea Conakry
Vernacular name :
lerou (Malinke), , tilimiyi (Soussou), , botiola (Foula du Fouta-Djalon)
Reference VA 03
Author(s) :
Ake-Assi, Y.A.
Title :
Contribution au recensement des espèces végétales utilisées traditionnellement sur le plan zootechnique et vétérinaire en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Thèse de doctorat (Sc. Vétérinaires), Lyon, Université Claude Bernard, 220 p., (1992)
Symptoms :
V(007)
Recipes :
Veq(007), decoction stem's barks, leaves, diuretic
Region :
West Africa
Country :
West Africa
Vernacular name :
goutin (Fon) ; n'den (Bambara) ; mototay (Peuhl) ; bousentafou (Diola) ; soka (Baoulé)
Reference VD 02
Author(s) :
Dalziel, J.M.
Title :
The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
The Crown Agents for the Colonies, 4, Millbank, Westminster, London, S.W.1, 612 p., (1937)
Symptoms :
V(007), V(006)
Recipes :
Veq(007), Veq(006), Veq(141), pounded stem's barks, + much H2O, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria
Vernacular name :
not registered
Euphorbia balsamifera Ait. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Euphorbia balsamifera Ait.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms :
Euphorbia sepium N. E. Br.
Reference VC 05
Author(s) :
Coly, R.
Title :
Enquête ethnomédicale vétérinaire au Sénégal.
Métissages en santé animale de Madagascar à Haïti. Presses universitaires de Namur, 153 - 156, (1994)
Symptoms :
V(007)
Recipes :
V(007)fumigation, maceration leaves, stems
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
badkareyi (Peul), salan (Wolof)
Juniperus sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Juniperus sp.
Family :
Cupressaceae
Reference VW 02
Author(s) :
Wilbert
Title :
Etudes sur la zootechnie et la pathologie du Soudan Français (Haut Sénégal, Niger et Haute Volta).
Pharmacopée indigène, 242 - 247, (1920) From ref. : VB 10
Symptoms :
V(007)
Recipes :
V(007), roots, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali
Vernacular name :
not registered
Lolium sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Lolium sp.
Family :
Poaceae
Reference VW 02
Author(s) :
Wilbert
Title :
Etudes sur la zootechnie et la pathologie du Soudan Français (Haut Sénégal, Niger et Haute Volta).
Pharmacopée indigène, 242 - 247, (1920) From ref. : VB 10
Symptoms :
V(007)
Recipes :
V(007), ONS., RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali
Vernacular name :
not registered
Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév.& Pellegr. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév.& Pellegr.
Family :
Rubiaceae
Reference VA 03
Author(s) :
Ake-Assi, Y.A.
Title :
Contribution au recensement des espèces végétales utilisées traditionnellement sur le plan zootechnique et vétérinaire en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Thèse de doctorat (Sc. Vétérinaires), Lyon, Université Claude Bernard, 220 p., (1992)
Symptoms :
V(093), V(007)
Recipes :
V(007), diuretic decoction stem's barks
V(093), antipoisoning, decoction barks, stems, leaves
V(093), antipoisoning, decoction barks, stems, leaves
Region :
West Africa
Country :
from Liberia to Zaïre
Vernacular name :
bahia (?)
Nucularia perrinii Batt. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Nucularia perrinii Batt.
Family :
Chenopodiaceae
Reference B6 Nord
Author(s) :
Bellakhdar, J.
Title :
La pharmacopée marocaine traditionnelle: Médecine arabe ancienne et savoirs populaires.
Ibis Press, 764 p. (1997)
Symptoms :
V(007), V(037), V(104)
Recipes :
Vch(007), VO., plant Nucularia Perrini in meadow
Vch(037), respiratoty disorders "el-homsi", VO. plants Nucularia Perrini in meadow
Vch(104), stomach pains "el-ges", stomach pains due to the ingestion of clay soils and herbs, VO. plant Nucularia Perrini in meadow
Vch(037), respiratoty disorders "el-homsi", VO. plants Nucularia Perrini in meadow
Vch(104), stomach pains "el-ges", stomach pains due to the ingestion of clay soils and herbs, VO. plant Nucularia Perrini in meadow
Region :
North Africa
Country :
Moroco
Vernacular name :
âskâf (Moroco), tassak (Touareg)
Olinia rochetiana A. Juss. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Olinia rochetiana A. Juss.
Family :
Oliniaceae
Synonyms :
Olinia volkensii Engl.
,
Olinia usambarensis Gilg
Reference VO 05
Author(s) :
Ole-Miaron, J.O.
Title :
The Maasai ethnodiagnostic skill of livestock diseases: a lead to traditional bioprospecting.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 84, pp. 79 - 83, (2003)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874102002830
Symptoms :
V(007), V(035), V(091)
Recipes :
Vb(007) It is used as a diuretic
Vb(035), the respondents also use this plant if no other remedy for East Coast fever is available.
Vb(091), it is used as a stimulant.
Vb(035), the respondents also use this plant if no other remedy for East Coast fever is available.
Vb(091), it is used as a stimulant.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya ( Ilkisonko Maasai of Kenya)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Ricinus communis L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ricinus communis L.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference VM 10
Author(s) :
Minja, M.M.J.
Title :
Medicinal plants used in promotion of animal health in Tanzania. Animal Diseases Research Instit., Dep. Pharmacology/ Toxic., Dar Es Salaam. Métissages en santé animale de Madagascar à Haïti. Presses universitaires de Namur, 335 - 364, (1994)
Symptoms :
V(008), V(007)
Recipes :
Vb(008) , VO., infusion leaves, RNS.
Vb(007) seeds (surdosis = poison), RNS.
Vb(007) seeds (surdosis = poison), RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Marangu Moshi district)
Vernacular name :
iwonu