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Single medicinal plants treatment with parts used and preparation |
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Species |
Family |
Local Name |
Use(s) |
Parts used and preparation |
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Achyranthes aspera L. |
Amaranthaceae |
Telenzje |
'shererit kusil' (Herpes zoster) |
Chewing fresh leaves |
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blood clotting |
Dressing with crushed fresh leaves |
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Acokanthera schimperi (A. DC.) Schweinf. |
Apocynaceae |
Yemerz Enchet |
'kusil' |
Dressing with crushed whole plant |
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'yetat merz' (bacterial infection of nail) |
Dressing with crushed fresh root |
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Allium sativum L. |
Alliaceae |
Nech Shinkurt |
'ayne maz' (eye sickness) |
Rubbing with warmed bulb |
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evil eye |
Smelling aroma of bulb |
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Asparagus africanus Lam. |
Asparagaceae |
Yeset Kest |
'sinfete wesib' |
Root powder is eaten with chicken soup |
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Brucea antidysenterica J. F. Mill. |
Simaroubaceae |
Aballo (Waginos) |
'bullad' (weight loss fever, itching, diarrhea) |
Fruit powder mixed with honey and fermented for seven days is taken orally until cure |
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'fintita sigelebet' (Haemorrhoids) |
Fruit powder mixed with milk is taken orally for three days |
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'mushuro' (weight loss, dysentery and fever) |
Root powder mixed with honey is taken orally until cure |
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dysentery |
Juice of leaf is taken orally in the morning |
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'chiffea' (Eczema) |
Dressing with inner bark paste mixed with butter or oil |
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Calpurnia aurea (Alt.) Benth. |
Fabaceae |
Digita |
'kuruba' |
Leaves or Fruit powder mixed with water or honey is taken orally |
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Carica papaya L. |
Caricaceae |
Papaya |
malaria |
Juice of leaves is taken orally |
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Centella asiatica L. |
Apiaceae |
Yeayit Joro |
swelling |
Dressing with leaf paste |
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Clausena anisata (Willd.) Benth |
Rutaceae |
Limche |
ear sickness |
Juice of leaves is used as ear drop |
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Clausena anisata (Willd.) Benth |
Rutaceae |
Limche |
stomachache |
Chewing root |
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Clematis hirsuta Perr & Guill |
Ranunculaceae |
Azo Hareg |
'mich' |
Juice of fresh leaves is used as body lotion |
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cough |
Juice of leaves with butter of fat is taken orally |
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swelling |
Dressing with Leaf paste |
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Commelina sp. |
Commelinaceae |
Yemariam Wuha |
allergic |
Dressing with crushed fresh leaf |
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ear infection |
Juice of leaves as ear drop |
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Croton marcostachyus Del. |
Euphorbiaceae |
Bissana |
'ekeke' (scabies) |
Dressing with Crushed leaves mixed with butter or oil |
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'kuruba' |
Leaves are eaten with wat(Diarrhoea, dysentery, stomach disorder) (local soup) |
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'wef beshita' (hepatitis, jaundice) |
Leaf powder mixed with water is taken orally for seven days |
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diarrhea |
Leaf powder mixed with water is taken orally |
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quaqucha (Tinea versicolor) |
Rubbing and dressing with Latex from leaves |
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Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich. |
Curcurbitaceae |
Yemidir Embuay (Este Melecot) |
'ayn bar tessa' |
Chewing root |
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'majrat getr' (meningitis) |
Root powder mixed with honey taken orally |
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'nessr' (epistaxis) |
Juice of root applied though nose |
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'wef beshita' |
Root powder is taken mixed with skimmed milk or noug orally in the morning |
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rabies |
Root powder is eaten with tef kita |
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stomachache, 'kuruba', umbilical cord labouring |
Chewing root |
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Cussonia holstii Harms ex. Engl. |
Araliaceae |
Sila |
burning |
Dressing with crushed fresh leaves |
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Cyphostemma junceum (Webb) Decoings ex Wild & Drummond |
Vitaceae |
Etse Zewe |
snake bite |
Chewing roots |
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Datura stramonium |
Solanaceae |
Astenagir |
swelling |
Dressing with leaf paste |
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tooth ache |
Fresh leaves are boiled with water and the vapour is inhaled |
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'fore fore' (dandruff) |
Fresh leaves are used for rubbing and dressing |
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'kusil' |
Dressing with leaf paste |
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Dorstenia barnimiana Schwienf. |
Moraceae |
Work Bemeda |
'wef beshita' |
Root powder is taken with skimmed milk or noug orally in the morning |
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'yeahya kintarot' (donkey's wart) |
Dressing with root paste |
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cancer |
Making small opening and inserting the root |
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rabies |
Root powder is taken with skimmed milk or noug orally in the morning for seven days |
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syphilis |
Root powder is taken with honey orally in the morning |
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weight loss, diarrhea and fever |
Root powder mixed honey and fermented for seven days is taken orally in the morning until cured |
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Draceana steudeneri Engl. |
Dracaenaceae |
Etse Patos |
evil eye |
Root is burned and smoke is inhaled |
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Echinops kebericho Mesfin |
Compositae |
Kebercho |
evil eye |
Root powder is sprinkled on burning charcoal and smoke is inhaled |
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Euphorbia abyssinica J. F. Gmel. |
Euphorbiaceae |
Qulqwal |
venereal diseases |
Latex is eaten with tef of wheat kit |
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'wef beshita' |
Latex mixed with water is taken orally |
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rabies |
Root powder mixed water is taken orally |
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Euphorbia tirucalli L. |
Euphorbiaceae |
Kinchib |
'kintarot' |
Rubbing with latex and dressing |
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'kusil' |
Dressing with latex |
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Ferrula communis L. |
Apiaceae |
Dog |
cough |
Filtrate of boiled root mixed with honey taken orally until cured |
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Ficus thonningii Blume. |
Moraceae |
Chibha |
'ayn bar tessa' (lose of appetite) |
Root with Noug is eaten |
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diarrhea |
Chewing root |
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stomachache |
Chewing inner Bark |
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Glinus lotoides L. |
Molluginaceae |
Meterea |
tapeworm |
Fruit powder mixed with noug is taken orally |
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Gnidia glauca (Fresen) |
Thymelaeaceae |
Beto |
rabies |
Root powder mixed with skimmed milk is taken orally for seven days |
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Gossypium herbaceum L. |
Malvaceae |
Tit |
snake bite |
Chewing root |
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Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J. F. Gmel. |
Rosaceae |
Kosso |
'kosso' (tape worm) |
Powder mixed with water and fermented over night is taken orally in the morning |
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Helinu mystacinus (Ait.) E. Mey. ex Steud |
Rhamnaceae |
Esat Abered |
burning |
Dressing with crushed fresh leaves |
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Huernia concinna N. E. Br. |
Asclepiadaceae |
Yelam Tute |
'kusil', swelling |
Dressing with crushed fresh leaf |
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Impomea sp. |
Convolvulaceae |
Filatsut |
babies' sickness |
Bathing with crushed leaf and stem |
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cancer |
Making small opening and inserting the root |
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Indigofera spicata Forssk. |
Fabaceae |
Yebab Alenga |
babies' sickness |
Bathing with crushed fresh leaf and stem |
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stomachache |
Chewing root |
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Justicia schimperiana (Hochst. ex A. Nees) T. Anders |
Acanthaceae |
Sensel (Smiza) |
'wef beshita', 'kuruba' |
Juice of leaves is taken orally |
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evil eye |
Smelling the aroma of fresh root |
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Kalanchoe petitana A. Rich. |
Crassulaceae |
Endehuahula |
swelling |
Making small opening and inserting the root |
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Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Bark |
Fabaceae |
Birbira |
'mujelea' (chigger) |
Dressing with fruit paste mixed with butter |
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'tfre metmte' (bacterial infection of nails) |
Dressing with leaf paste |
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'yejoro kunkun' (earache) |
Juice of leaves or stem is used as ear drop |
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amoeba |
Fruits powder mixed with honey is taken orally |
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Mimusops kummel Bruce ex. DC. |
Sapotaceae |
Eshe |
amoeba |
Eating fruits |
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Momordica foetida Schumach |
Cucurbitaceae |
Qura Hareg |
'zuresh' (babies sickness) |
Bathing with crushed fresh root |
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Myrtus communis L. |
Myrtaceae |
Ades |
'fore fore' (Dandruff) |
Bathing with crushed fresh leaves |
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diarrhea, stomach disorder |
Juice of leaf is taken orally in the morning |
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Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. |
Lamiaceae |
Dama Kesse |
'kusil' |
Fresh crushed leaves dressing |
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Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. |
Lamiaceae |
Dama Kesse |
'kusil' |
Dressing with Bark paste |
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'mich' |
Juice of leaves is taken with coffee orally |
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Pergularia daemia L. |
Asclepiadaceae |
Yeayit Hareg |
snake bite |
Making small cut at location and inserting root |
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Phytolacca dodecandra L'Herit |
Phytolaceae |
Endod (Male) |
'kuruba' |
Root or leaf powder mixed with water is taken orally |
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'kusil' |
Dressing with Fruit paste |
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'wef beshita' |
Leaf powder mixed with water is taken orally |
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rabies |
Root paste is taken with tef kita in the morning for seven days |
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Plumbago zeylanicum L. |
Plumbaginaceae |
Amira |
'kurtimat' (rheumatic Pain) |
Fresh leaves are boiled and the filtrate is taken with honey orally for seven days |
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cancer |
Root powder mixed with digne (sulphur) is applied |
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cough |
Fresh leaves are boiled and the filtrate is taken with fermented butter orally |
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snake bite |
Chewing Leaves |
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swelling |
Dressing with root paste |
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Podocarpus gracilis |
Podocarpaceae |
Zigba |
vomiting |
Juice of leaves is taken orally |
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Rhamnus prinoides L. |
Rhamnaceae |
Gesho |
'chiffea' (Eczema) |
Appling leaf paste mixed with butter as ointment |
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Ricinus communis L. |
Euphorbiaceae |
Kachima |
'kuruba' |
Juice of root is taken orally |
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tooth ache |
Chewing fresh root |
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Rumex nepalensis Spreng. |
Polygonaceae |
Tult |
'entil siwerd' (tonsillitis), 'kuruba' |
Juice of root is taken orally |
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umbilical cord labouring |
Tying fresh root around west |
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Ruta chalepensis L. |
Rutaceae |
Tena Adam |
evil eye |
Smelling aroma of fresh leaf and stem |
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flue |
Juice of leaves is taken with coffee |
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Sansevieria erythraeae Mattei |
Dracaenaceae |
Algeti/cheret |
'sinfete wesib' (impotence) |
Root powder is taken with tef potage |
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Sida ternata L. F. |
Malvaceae |
Yemidir Hareg |
'lashet' (fungal disease) |
Dressing with crushed fresh leaves |
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Solanum marginatum L.f |
Solanaceae |
Geber Embuay |
'kusil', swelling |
Dressing with crushed fresh root |
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Stephania abyssinica (Dillon. & A. Rich.) Walp. |
Menispermaceae |
Kib Kitel (Etse Eyesus) |
'kuruba' |
Juice of root is taken orally |
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babies' sickness |
Juice of leaves mixed with butter is taken orally |
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stomachache |
Juice of leaf and stem is taken orally |
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'kintarot' |
Dressing with stem paste |
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'girfita' (fever, headache) |
Bathing with crushed fresh leaves |
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Stereospermum kunthianum |
Bignoniaceae |
Zana |
'kola kusil' (infected cut or wound) |
Dressing with Bark paste |
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Taverniera abyssinica A. Rich |
Fabaceae |
Dingetegna |
Vomiting, dysentery |
Chewing root |
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Verbascum sinaiticum Benth. |
Scrophulariaceae |
Daba Keded |
'kusil' |
Dressing with Fresh crushed leaves |
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diarrhea, stomachache |
Juice of root is taken orally |
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Verbena officinalis L. |
Verbenaceae |
Atuch |
'gusmit' (stomach disorder) |
Juice of leaves is taken orally |
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'yeshererit beshita' (Herpes zoster) |
Dressing with leaf paste |
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ear sickness |
Juice of fruit with olive oil is used as ear drop |
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evil eye |
Smelling of aroma of fresh root |
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snake bite |
Chewing root |
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stomachache |
Chewing root |
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'wesfat' (ascaris) |
Juice of root is taken orally |
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Vernonia adoensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp. |
Asteraceae |
Este Mossa |
menstrual disorders |
Root are chewed with honey |
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Vernonia amygdalina Del. |
Asteraceae |
Girawa |
'entil siwerd' (Tonsillitis) |
Juice of leaf is taken orally |
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'likift' (devil sickness, madness) |
Root is burned and smoke is inhaled |
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'satan beshita' (devil sickness) |
Bathing with crushed fresh leaves |
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evil eye, 'satan beshita', 'tesbo beshita' (epidemic disease) |
Root powder is sprinkled on burning charcoal and smoke is inhaled |
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Ximenia americana L. |
Olacaceae |
Enkoye |
'entil siwerd' (tonsillitis) |
Juice of bark is taken orally |
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'kusil' |
Dressing with bark paste |
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Zehneria scabra |
Asteraceae |
Hareg Ressa (Este Sabek, Shahirit) |
'mich' |
Leaves and stem are boiled and the vapour is inhaled and bathing |
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'kintarot' (wart) |
Pressing with warmed stem |
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Zingiber officinale Rosc. |
Zingiberaceae |
Zinjible |
stomachache |
Chewing rhizome |
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Teklehaymanot and Giday Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2007 3:12 doi:10.1186/1746-4269-3-12 |
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