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Table 3 Traditional uses of E. senegalensis in Koutiala

From: Ethnopharmacological uses of Erythrina senegalensis: a comparison of three areas in Mali, and a link between traditional knowledge and modern biological science

Indications (Number of citation

Plants parts used

Mode of preparation

Added substances or other plant parts

Mode of Administration

Malaria (4 citations)

Bark/root/leaves

decoction/maceration

 

oral

Jaundice (4 citations)

Bark

maceration

roots of Cochlospermum planchoni

oral

  

powder/decoction

coffee, thee

oral

 

Root

maceration

 

oral

 

Leaves

decoction

 

oral

Pain: headache/backache (4 citations)

Leaves

decoction

 

steam bath, back massage fumigation

 

Bark

powder

butter

 

Infections (3 citations)

Bark

powder

fish soup

consume

 

root

maceration

Pennisetum sp

oral

 

Leaves/root/bark

decoction

Pennisetum sp

oral

Gastrointestinal disorders (2 citations)

Bark

powder

porridge

consume

  

decoction

porridge

oral

Tonic (2 citations)

Root/leaves/bark

decoction

 

oral

Nose bleeding

Leaves

decoction

 

steam bath

Thyphoid fever

Bark

decoction/maceration

 

oral

Dysmenorrhoea

Leaves/bark

maceration

 

oral

Internal wound

Leaves/bark

maceration

 

oral