10 Medicinal Plants That Can Cure diseases In Rwanda
Acanthace
1. Hygrophila spiciformis Lindau-Gangabukari.
To cure gonorrhea, a decoction of crushed fresh leaves is utilized. Hepatic disorders are treated with a leaf decoction, and the leaf ash of H. asteracantha Nees is used as a diuretic since it contains potassium salts.
2. Thurnbergia alata Boj. Ex: Sims-Gisanyurwa
Amaranthaceae
3. Cyathula cylindrica Moq-Igifashi.
Anacardiaceae
4.
Rhus
vulgaris Meikle-Umuragara.
Fresh leaves are burned, and the ash is administered externally to treat scabies and for oxytocic activity. The herb is used to treat diarrhoea, wounds, gonorrhea, infertility, and make childbirth easier.
1.4.
Bignoniaceae
5. Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K. Schum-Umusave
Capparida
6. Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq β Isogi
Chest infections are treated with a decoction of fresh leaves. The root and dried leaf are used to help in childbirth.
Compositae
7. Blumea brevipes (Oliver & Hiern) Willd-Igitabitabi
8. Conyza aegyptiaca (L.) AitβWambuba.
9. Crassocephalum multicorymbosum (Klatt) S. Moore β Isununu.
Fresh leaves are crushed in water and used for oxytocic
action.
10. Crassocephalum vitellinum (Benth.) S. Moore β Umusununu.
The liquid obtained by grinding fresh leaves and placing them in cold water is used to treat constipation and abortion. The Haya of Tanzania use the leaves to treat gonorrhoea. The leaves and roots of Conyza pyrrhopappa A. Rich. ssp. oblongifolia (O. Hoffm.) Wild are used to cure sores in newborns. Clutia abyssinica Jaub. & Spach. and Clutia abyssinica Jaub. & Spach. Trimeria grandifolia (Hochst.) Warb., Trimeria grandifolia (Hochst.) Warb., Trimeria grandifolia (Hochst.) Warb., Trimeria Are prescribed for the treatment of mouth sores. Indigestion is treated using the leaves. The leaf sap is used to relieve stomach distress. Headaches are treated with a leaf lotion or decoction. Epilepsy is treated using a mixture of the leaf sap and Cymbopogon giganteus, which is taken orally and applied externally. The leaf sap is used to cure fresh wounds when applied externally. The dried leaf powder is smoked to cure sleeping sickness and used as a snuff to stop nose bleeding. Tannin, which is present in the plant's roots, is used to alleviate swollen lips.
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