Table 1 Single medicinal plants treatment with parts used and preparation

Achyranthes aspera L.

Amaranthaceae

Telenzje

'shererit kusil' (Herpes zoster)

Chewing fresh leaves

blood clotting

Dressing with crushed fresh leaves

Acokanthera schimperi (A. DC.) Schweinf.

Apocynaceae

Yemerz Enchet

'kusil'

Dressing with crushed whole plant

'yetat merz' (bacterial infection of nail)

Dressing with crushed fresh root

Allium sativum L.

Alliaceae

Nech Shinkurt

'ayne maz' (eye sickness)

Rubbing with warmed bulb

evil eye

Smelling aroma of bulb

Asparagus africanus Lam.

Asparagaceae

Yeset Kest

'sinfete wesib'

Root powder is eaten with chicken soup

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

'fintita sigelebet' (Haemorrhoids)

Fruit powder mixed with milk is taken orally for three days

'mushuro' (weight loss, dysentery and fever)

Root powder mixed with honey is taken orally until cure

dysentery

Juice of leaf is taken orally in the morning

'chiffea' (Eczema)

Dressing with inner bark paste mixed with butter or oil

Calpurnia aurea (Alt.) Benth.

Fabaceae

Digita

'kuruba'

Leaves or Fruit powder mixed with water or honey is taken orally

Carica papaya L.

Caricaceae

Papaya

malaria

Juice of leaves is taken orally

Centella asiatica L.

Apiaceae

Yeayit Joro

swelling

Dressing with leaf paste

Clausena anisata (Willd.) Benth

Rutaceae

Limche

ear sickness

Juice of leaves is used as ear drop

Clausena anisata (Willd.) Benth

Rutaceae

Limche

stomachache

Chewing root

Clematis hirsuta Perr & Guill

Ranunculaceae

Azo Hareg

'mich'

Juice of fresh leaves is used as body lotion

cough

Juice of leaves with butter of fat is taken orally

swelling

Dressing with Leaf paste

Commelina sp.

Commelinaceae

Yemariam Wuha

allergic

Dressing with crushed fresh leaf

ear infection

Juice of leaves as ear drop

Croton marcostachyus Del.

Euphorbiaceae

Bissana

'ekeke' (scabies)

Dressing with Crushed leaves mixed with butter or oil

'kuruba'

Leaves are eaten with wat(Diarrhoea, dysentery, stomach disorder) (local soup)

'wef beshita' (hepatitis, jaundice)

Leaf powder mixed with water is taken orally for seven days

diarrhea

Leaf powder mixed with water is taken orally

quaqucha (Tinea versicolor)

Rubbing and dressing with Latex from leaves

Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich.

Curcurbitaceae

Yemidir Embuay (Este Melecot)

'ayn bar tessa'

Chewing root

'majrat getr' (meningitis)

Root powder mixed with honey taken orally

'nessr' (epistaxis)

Juice of root applied though nose

'wef beshita'

Root powder is taken mixed with skimmed milk or noug orally in the morning

rabies

Root powder is eaten with tef kita

stomachache, 'kuruba', umbilical cord labouring

Chewing root

Cussonia holstii Harms ex. Engl.

Araliaceae

Sila

burning

Dressing with crushed fresh leaves

Cyphostemma junceum (Webb) Decoings ex Wild & Drummond

Vitaceae

Etse Zewe

snake bite

Chewing roots

Datura stramonium

Solanaceae

Astenagir

swelling

Dressing with leaf paste

tooth ache

Fresh leaves are boiled with water and the vapour is inhaled

'fore fore' (dandruff)

Fresh leaves are used for rubbing and dressing

'kusil'

Dressing with leaf paste

Dorstenia barnimiana Schwienf.

Moraceae

Work Bemeda

'wef beshita'

Root powder is taken with skimmed milk or noug orally in the morning

'yeahya kintarot' (donkey's wart)

Dressing with root paste

cancer

Making small opening and inserting the root

rabies

Root powder is taken with skimmed milk or noug orally in the morning for seven days

syphilis

Root powder is taken with honey orally in the morning

weight loss, diarrhea and fever

Root powder mixed honey and fermented for seven days is taken orally in the morning until cured

Draceana steudeneri Engl.

Dracaenaceae

Etse Patos

evil eye

Root is burned and smoke is inhaled

Echinops kebericho Mesfin

Compositae

Kebercho

evil eye

Root powder is sprinkled on burning charcoal and smoke is inhaled

Euphorbia abyssinica J. F. Gmel.

Euphorbiaceae

Qulqwal

venereal diseases

Latex is eaten with tef of wheat kit

'wef beshita'

Latex mixed with water is taken orally

rabies

Root powder mixed water is taken orally

Euphorbia tirucalli L.

Euphorbiaceae

Kinchib

'kintarot'

Rubbing with latex and dressing

'kusil'

Dressing with latex

Ferrula communis L.

Apiaceae

Dog

cough

Filtrate of boiled root mixed with honey taken orally until cured

Ficus thonningii Blume.

Moraceae

Chibha

'ayn bar tessa' (lose of appetite)

Root with Noug is eaten

diarrhea

Chewing root

stomachache

Chewing inner Bark

Glinus lotoides L.

Molluginaceae

Meterea

tapeworm

Fruit powder mixed with noug is taken orally

Gnidia glauca (Fresen)

Thymelaeaceae

Beto

rabies

Root powder mixed with skimmed milk is taken orally for seven days

Gossypium herbaceum L.

Malvaceae

Tit

snake bite

Chewing root

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

Helinu mystacinus (Ait.) E. Mey. ex Steud

Rhamnaceae

Esat Abered

burning

Dressing with crushed fresh leaves

Huernia concinna N. E. Br.

Asclepiadaceae

Yelam Tute

'kusil', swelling

Dressing with crushed fresh leaf

Impomea sp.

Convolvulaceae

Filatsut

babies' sickness

Bathing with crushed leaf and stem

cancer

Making small opening and inserting the root

Indigofera spicata Forssk.

Fabaceae

Yebab Alenga

babies' sickness

Bathing with crushed fresh leaf and stem

stomachache

Chewing root

Justicia schimperiana (Hochst. ex A. Nees) T. Anders

Acanthaceae

Sensel (Smiza)

'wef beshita', 'kuruba'

Juice of leaves is taken orally

evil eye

Smelling the aroma of fresh root

Kalanchoe petitana A. Rich.

Crassulaceae

Endehuahula

swelling

Making small opening and inserting the root

Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Bark

Fabaceae

Birbira

'mujelea' (chigger)

Dressing with fruit paste mixed with butter

'tfre metmte' (bacterial infection of nails)

Dressing with leaf paste

'yejoro kunkun' (earache)

Juice of leaves or stem is used as ear drop

amoeba

Fruits powder mixed with honey is taken orally

Mimusops kummel Bruce ex. DC.

Sapotaceae

Eshe

amoeba

Eating fruits

Momordica foetida Schumach

Cucurbitaceae

Qura Hareg

'zuresh' (babies sickness)

Bathing with crushed fresh root

Myrtus communis L.

Myrtaceae

Ades

'fore fore' (Dandruff)

Bathing with crushed fresh leaves

diarrhea, stomach disorder

Juice of leaf is taken orally in the morning

Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst.

Lamiaceae

Dama Kesse

'kusil'

Fresh crushed leaves dressing

Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst.

Lamiaceae

Dama Kesse

'kusil'

Dressing with Bark paste

'mich'

Juice of leaves is taken with coffee orally

Pergularia daemia L.

Asclepiadaceae

Yeayit Hareg

snake bite

Making small cut at location and inserting root

Phytolacca dodecandra L'Herit

Phytolaceae

Endod (Male)

'kuruba'

Root or leaf powder mixed with water is taken orally

'kusil'

Dressing with Fruit paste

'wef beshita'

Leaf powder mixed with water is taken orally

rabies

Root paste is taken with tef kita in the morning for seven days

Plumbago zeylanicum L.

Plumbaginaceae

Amira

'kurtimat' (rheumatic Pain)

Fresh leaves are boiled and the filtrate is taken with honey orally for seven days

cancer

Root powder mixed with digne (sulphur) is applied

cough

Fresh leaves are boiled and the filtrate is taken with fermented butter orally

snake bite

Chewing Leaves

swelling

Dressing with root paste

Podocarpus gracilis

Podocarpaceae

Zigba

vomiting

Juice of leaves is taken orally

Rhamnus prinoides L.

Rhamnaceae

Gesho

'chiffea' (Eczema)

Appling leaf paste mixed with butter as ointment

Ricinus communis L.

Euphorbiaceae

Kachima

'kuruba'

Juice of root is taken orally

tooth ache

Chewing fresh root

Rumex nepalensis Spreng.

Polygonaceae

Tult

'entil siwerd' (tonsillitis), 'kuruba'

Juice of root is taken orally

umbilical cord labouring

Tying fresh root around west

Ruta chalepensis L.

Rutaceae

Tena Adam

evil eye

Smelling aroma of fresh leaf and stem

flue

Juice of leaves is taken with coffee

Sansevieria erythraeae Mattei

Dracaenaceae

Algeti/cheret

'sinfete wesib' (impotence)

Root powder is taken with tef potage

Sida ternata L. F.

Malvaceae

Yemidir Hareg

'lashet' (fungal disease)

Dressing with crushed fresh leaves

Solanum marginatum L.f

Solanaceae

Geber Embuay

'kusil', swelling

Dressing with crushed fresh root

Stephania abyssinica (Dillon. & A. Rich.) Walp.

Menispermaceae

Kib Kitel (Etse Eyesus)

'kuruba'

Juice of root is taken orally

babies' sickness

Juice of leaves mixed with butter is taken orally

stomachache

Juice of leaf and stem is taken orally

'kintarot'

Dressing with stem paste

'girfita' (fever, headache)

Bathing with crushed fresh leaves

Stereospermum kunthianum

Bignoniaceae

Zana

'kola kusil' (infected cut or wound)

Dressing with Bark paste

Taverniera abyssinica A. Rich

Fabaceae

Dingetegna

Vomiting, dysentery

Chewing root

Verbascum sinaiticum Benth.

Scrophulariaceae

Daba Keded

'kusil'

Dressing with Fresh crushed leaves

diarrhea, stomachache

Juice of root is taken orally

Verbena officinalis L.

Verbenaceae

Atuch

'gusmit' (stomach disorder)

Juice of leaves is taken orally

'yeshererit beshita' (Herpes zoster)

Dressing with leaf paste

ear sickness

Juice of fruit with olive oil is used as ear drop

evil eye

Smelling of aroma of fresh root

snake bite

Chewing root

stomachache

Chewing root

'wesfat' (ascaris)

Juice of root is taken orally

Vernonia adoensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp.

Asteraceae

Este Mossa

menstrual disorders

Root are chewed with honey

Vernonia amygdalina Del.

Asteraceae

Girawa

'entil siwerd' (Tonsillitis)

Juice of leaf is taken orally

'likift' (devil sickness, madness)

Root is burned and smoke is inhaled

'satan beshita' (devil sickness)

Bathing with crushed fresh leaves

evil eye, 'satan beshita', 'tesbo beshita' (epidemic disease)

Root powder is sprinkled on burning charcoal and smoke is inhaled

Ximenia americana L.

Olacaceae

Enkoye

'entil siwerd' (tonsillitis)

Juice of bark is taken orally

'kusil'

Dressing with bark paste

Zehneria scabra

Asteraceae

Hareg Ressa (Este Sabek, Shahirit)

'mich'

Leaves and stem are boiled and the vapour is inhaled and bathing

'kintarot' (wart)

Pressing with warmed stem

Zingiber officinale Rosc.

Zingiberaceae

Zinjible

stomachache

Chewing rhizome