Scientific name | Family | Local name | Habit | Parts used | Disease treated | Mode of preparation and administration | Application route | Voucher no |
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Achyranthes aspera L. | Amaranthaceae | mechelo | Herb | Root | Arthritis | Roots chopped into pieces; seven pieces are put on clean thread and tied on the waist until recovered from the disease | Dermal | SA01303 |
Leaf | Herpes zoster | Leaves roasted on metal plate, pounded into powder , mixed with pure butter and smeared on affected part | Dermal | Â | ||||
Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.) Schweinf. | Apocynaceae | Mebtie (merez) | Tree | Leaf | Jaundice | Leaves are boiled in water for an hour and the patient takes a cup of the solution per day for seven days | oral | SA01333 |
Wound | Leaves are crushed and paste smeared on affected part | Dermal | Â | |||||
Allium sativum L. | Alliaceae | Tsa’da shegurti | Herb | Bulb | Gastritis | Bulb is eaten with flatbread locally known as ‘enjera’ | oral | SA01368 |
Evil eye | Smelling aroma of bulb | Nasal | Â | |||||
Wound | Bulbs are crushed, squeezed and wound washed with the liquid until healed | Dermal | Â | |||||
Ring worm | Rubbing affected area with bulb | dermal | Â | |||||
Malaria | Bulb of Allium sativum, Artemisia afra, Ruta chalepensis and Lepidium sativum are crushed together and paste taken for five-seven days | oral | Â | |||||
Aloe megalacantha Baker | Alloaceae | Ere | Shrub | Exudate | Malaria | Exudate, mixed with honey, is taken orally with coffee cup for three days | oral | SA01384 |
Diabetes | Coffee cup of exudate taken every morning for long period of time | oral | Â | |||||
Impotence | Smearing penis with exudate | Dermal | Â | |||||
Dandruff | Exudate smeared on head skin for a week | Dermal | Â | |||||
wound | Exudates smeared on wound | Â | Â | |||||
Alysicarpus ferrugineus Hochst. & Steud. ex A. Rich. | Fabaceae | Hambo hambo bita | Herb | Root | Jaundice | Root chewed for five days | oral | SA01336 |
Argemone mexicana L. | Papaveraceae | Medafe tilian | Herb | Leaf | wound | Fresh leaves are collected, crushed and paste applied on affected part | Dermal | SA01381 |
eczema | Argemone mexicana leaves crushed and powder sprayed on affected part. After two days, leaves of Dodonaea angustifolia roasted on iron sheet, pounded into powder are again sprayed on affected part | Dermal | Â | |||||
Artemisia afra Jacq. ex willd. | Asteraceae | Chena baria | Herb | Leaf | Evil eye | Aroma of the leaves help in expelling evil eye | nasal | SA01309 |
Evil eye | Leaves of Artemisia afar and Ruta chalepensis and bulb of Allium sativum are crushed and aroma sniffed | nasal | Â | |||||
Asparagus africanus Lam. | Asparagaceae | Kasta ansti | Shrub | Root | impotence | Roots are pounded into powder, mixed with meat soup and vegetable and taken every evening for a month | oral | SA01340 |
Evil eye | Root of Carissa spinarum and leaves of Ruta Chalepensis, Artemisia afra, Cucumis ficifolius and Asparagus africanus are crushed and fumigated indoor | nasal | Â | |||||
Boscia salicifolia Oliv. | Capparidaceae | Shesha | Shrub | Leaf | Ear infection | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and liquid filtered with clean cotton and three drops are applied on infected ear | ear | SA01329 |
Cadaba rotundifolia Forssk. | Capparidaceae | Mora | Shrub | Leaf | toothache | Chew leaves and hold paste on affected tooth | oral | SA01328 |
Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. | Asclepiadaceae | Ginda | Shrub | Flower | Kidney stone | Dry flower crushed into powder and mixed with dough of wheat and medicine prepared tablet form is baked on iron plate and three to four tablets are taken for long period of time | oral | SA01375 |
Latex | Haemorrhoids | Latex is smeared on affected area | Dermal | Â | ||||
Wart | Cover the first appearing wart with latex | Dermal | Â | |||||
Scabies | smear whole affected area with latex | Dermal | Â | |||||
wound | Dress wound with latex | Dermal | Â | |||||
Root | Tuberculosis | Roots of C. procera is crushed into powder and mixed with pounded bark of Croton macrostachyus and leaves of Ficus palmata and sniffed | nasal | Â | ||||
Calpurnia aurea (Alt.) Benth. | Fabaceae | Hetsawets | Tree | Seed | Gonorrhoea, syphilis | Seeds are roasted on iron sheet, ground into powder, mixed with honey, prepared in the form of tablet and three tablets are taken every day for five days. As a side effect, it causes headache | oral | SA01345 |
Amoebiasis | Seeds are roasted on iron sheet, ground into powder, mixed with honey, dissolved in cup of water and taken for three days | oral | Â | |||||
Capparis tomentosa Lam. | Capparidaceae | Andiel | Shrub | Root | Evil eye | Patient fumigates himself with smoke of burning root | Â | SA01337 |
Carissa spinarum (Forssk.) Vahl. | Apocynaceae | Agam | Shrub | Root | Evil eye | Crushed root is fumigated on a clay plate to expel evil eye | Nasal | SA01316 |
Leaf | Febrile illness | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and liquid taken with coffee | oral | Â | ||||
Fruit | Wound | Fruits are crushed, dried, pounded into powder and sprayed on wound | skin | Â | ||||
Chenopodium murale L. | Chenopodiaceae | Hamedmado, hamlikebbo | Herb | Leaf | Tetanus | Leaves are crushed, mixed with butter, roasted on metal plate and smeared on affected area before covering it with cotton cloth. Application is repeated three to four times within a week | Dermal | SA01332 |
Vitiligo | Leaves are crushed and pasted applied on affected area | Dermal | Â | |||||
Citrus lemon (L.) Burm. f. | Rutaceae | Lomin | Shrub | Fruit | Haemorrhoids | Fruits and leaves are pounded, mixed with butter and applied on affected area | anal | SA01369 |
Blood pressure | Fruit juice is added into cup of water and drunk every morning | oral | Â | |||||
cough | Fruit decoction with sugar added into it is taken orally | oral | Â | |||||
Tetanus | Crushed fruit is mixed with butter and applied on affected area and is covered with clean cotton | Dermal | Â | |||||
Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochst.) R.Br. Ex Vatke | Verbenaceae |  |  | Leaf | Arthritis/rheumatism | Apply butter on patient’s head and let him/her fumigated with leaves of the plant | nasal | SA01347 |
Conjunctivitis and trachoma | Leaves are crushed and added into boiling water and the patient steam baths himself | ophthalmic | Â | |||||
Root | Evil eye | Roots are pounded into powder and sprinkled on fire to expel evil eye | Â | Â | ||||
Coffea arabica L. | Rubiaceae | Buna | Shrub | Seed | Amoebiasis | Seeds are roasted, pounded into powder, mixed with honey and taken orally | oral | SA01397 |
wound | Seeds are roasted, and pounded into powder and paste applied on affected part | Dermal | Â | |||||
Fire burn | Seeds are roasted, pounded into powder and paste applied on affected area after mixing it with sap of Aloe megalacantha | Dermal | Â | |||||
Colutea abyssinica Jaub. and Spach. | Fabaceae | Qaqata | Shrub | Leaf | wound | Leaves are pounded into powder and sprayed on wound | Dermal | SA01342 |
Commicarpus grandiflorus (A. Rich.) Standl. | Nyctaginaceae | Ezni Tawa | Herb | Leaf | Furunclosis | Leaves are crushed and paste smeared on affected area | Dermal | SA01354 |
Commiphora schimperi (Berg) Engl. | Burseraceae | Anqa | Tree | Latex | wound | Latex smeared on wound | Dermal | SA01323 |
Cordia africana Lam. | Boragenaceae | Awhi | Tree | Leaf | febrile illness | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and liquid taken with coffee | oral | SA01367 |
Croton macrostachyus Del. | Euphorbiaceae | Tanbuk | Tree | Leaf | diarrhoea | Leaves are crushed squeezed and a cup of juice taken with honey | Oral | SA01373 |
Bark | Bloat | A bark is dried, pounded into powder and one to two spoons of powder are added into coffee or tea and taken for a week | oral | Â | ||||
Root | jaundice | Root bark is dried, pounded into powder and two to three spoons of powder are added into a cup containing water. Treatment is taken for 21 days | oral | Â | ||||
Leaf, bark | Sudden stomach ache | Dried bark/leaves are pounded into powder, one to two tea spoon of powder are added into skimmed milk and served once | oral | Â | ||||
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Leaf | Malaria | Dried bark is pounded into powder, two to three spoons of powder added into local beer and taken for a week once per day. The medicine could cause diarrhoea and vomiting | oral | Â | ||||
scabies | Leaves are crushed, mixed with butter and dressed on affected part | Dermal | Â | |||||
Leaf sap | Tinea versicolor | Sap of leaves are applied on affected area | Dermal | Â | ||||
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Urine retention | Leaves are added onto boiled water with sugar. Solution is then taken every morning for seven days | oral | Â | |||||
Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich. | Cucurbitaceae | Ramboramb, lomin bita | Herb | Leaf | Anthrax | Leaves are either ground into powder or crushed, squeezed, filtered, mixed with coffee and taken with a coffee cup for two days | oral | SA01321 |
Root | Eye disease | Roots are chewed | oral | Â | ||||
Jaundice | Roots are chewed | oral | Â | |||||
Stomach ache | Roots are chewed | oral | Â | |||||
Stomach ache following delivery | Roots are chewed | oral | Â | |||||
Snake bite | Roots are chewed | oral | Â | |||||
Fruit | Ear infection | Three drops of fruit juice are applied into ear for five days | ear | Â | ||||
 | Tuberculosis | Roots are chewed | oral |  | ||||
Root | Teeth ache | Roots are chewed | oral | Â | ||||
Fruit | Asthma | Fruits are washed, dried, ground into powder, added onto boiled coffee and drunk | oral | Â | ||||
Root, leaf | Eczema | Roots and leaves are ground into powder, mixed with honey and dressed on affected area | Dermal | Â | ||||
Fruit/leaf | Tetanus | Fruits and leaves are crushed, mixed with butter, heated on fire and applied on affected area and covered with clean cotton cloth. This is repeated for three days | dermal | Â | ||||
Cucurbita pepo L. | Cucurbitaceae | Duba | Herb | Seed | Tapeworm | Seven roasted seeds are taken orally, followed by three hours of fasting | oral | SA01390 |
Fruit | Urine retention | Fruits are cooked and taken as soup | oral | Â | ||||
Cynoglossum coeruleum Hochst. ex A.DC. | Boraginaceae | Teng Begie | Herb | Leaf | Febrile illness (michi) | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and liquid taken with coffee or its lotion is applied on skin | Oral or dermal | SA01359 |
Cyphostemma adenocaule (steud.ex A. Rich) Descoings ex Wild and Drummond | vitaceae | Aserkuka fetahkuka | Climber | Root | Skull wound | Dried roots are ground into powder, mixed with butter and dressed on affected area | Dermal | SA01346 |
Snake bite | Half of finger-sized root is chewed to detoxify poison | oral | Â | |||||
Datura stramonium L. | Solanaceae | mestenager | Herb | Leaf | Tetanus | Fresh leaves are crushed, mixed with butter, heated and smeared on affected area before covering it with clean cotton cloth | Dermal | SA01312 |
Dandruff | Leaves are crushed and creamed on shaved head | Dermal | Â | |||||
Seed | Teeth ache | Seeds are roasted on iron sheet and the patient inhales smoke | Oral/nasal | Â | ||||
abortion | Half tea spoon of seeds are ground into powder, mixed with water and half of cup is drunk | oral | Â | |||||
Leaf | Brain sharpness | Leaves are crushed, squeezed, filtered and a cup of juice is taken for some days | oral | Â | ||||
Leishmaniasis | Leaves are crushed and pasted on affected area | dermal | Â | |||||
Furunculosis | Leaves are crushed and pasted on affected area | Dermal | Â | |||||
Herpes zoster | Leaves are roasted on iron sheet, pounded into powder, mixed with butter and smeared on affected area | Dermal | Â | |||||
Scabies | Leaves are roasted on iron sheet, pounded into powder, mixed with butter and smeared on affected area | Dermal | Â | |||||
eczema | Leaves are roasted on iron sheet and pounded in to powder. After mixed with pure butter smeared on affected area | Dermal | Â | |||||
Dodonaea angustifolia L. f. | Sapindaceae | Tahsos | Tree | Leaf | Herpes zoster | Leaves are roasted, ground into powder, mixed with butter and smeared on affected area | Dermal | SA01327 |
wound | Leaf powder is sprayed on wound | Dermal | Â | |||||
Erucastrum arabicum Drummond and Hemsely | Brassicaceae | Hamli gudible | Herb | Leaf | Ring worm | Leaves are rubbed on skin | Dermal | SA01317 |
Erythrina abyssinica Lam. ex DC. | Fabaceae | Zuwabue, enqui hebey | Tree | Bark | Evil eye | Put bark on fire and let patient to fumigate himself with smoke | nasal | SA01322 |
Eucalyptus globulus Labill. | Myrtaceae | Tsada Kelamitose | Tree | Leaf | Febrile illness (michi) | The patient baths himself with steam of boiled leaves | Oral/nasal | SA01376 |
Tinea pedis | Leaves are boiled in water and the patient washes his feet with the decoction | dermal | Â | |||||
Euclea divinorum Hiern. | Ebenaceae | Kuliew | Shrub | Root | Scorpion bite | Roots are chewed to relieve pain | oral | SA01379 |
Root, stem | Rheumatism and arthritis | The patient spreads animal butter on his/her head, burn roots and stems on fire and baths him/herself with smoke | Dermal | Â | ||||
Root | Urine retention | Roots are chewed | oral | Â | ||||
Euphorbia cactus Boiss | Euphorbiaceae | Kolqual hamat | Shrub | Latex | Leishmaniasis | Latex is smeared on affected area | Dermal | SA01386 |
wound | Add few latex drops on wound | Dermal | Â | |||||
Gonorrhoea and syphilis | Add three to four drops of latex on a piece of ‘enjera’ and eat it. Medicine is taken for five consecutive days. Overdose may cause diarrhoea and vomiting | oral |  | |||||
Root | Jaundice | Roots are ground into powder, mixed with honey and taken for seven days | oral | Â | ||||
Latex | Ascariasis | Four drops of latex are mixed with sugar solution and taken once before diet | oral | Â | ||||
leprosy | Latex smeared on affected area | Dermal | Â | |||||
Euphorbia petitiana A. Rich. | Euphorbiaceae | Demaito demu | Herb | Latex | Ring worm | Latex smeared on affected area | Dermal | SA01348 |
Ficus palmata Forssk. | Moraceae | Beless | Tree | Latex | Wart | Latex smeared on the first growing wart | Dermal | SA01304 |
haemorrhoids | Latex smeared on affected area | Dermal | Â | |||||
Wound | Dress wound with latex | Dermal | Â | |||||
Foeniculum vulgare Miller | Apiaceae | shelan | Herb | Whole plant | Urine retention | Take solution of the plant boiled in water | oral | SA01362 |
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) Aiton f. | Asclepiadaceae | Demaito bereka | Herb | Latex | Ringworm | Dress latex on affected area | Dermal | Â |
Leaves, stem | Arthritis | Ground leaves and stems, mix powder with butter and apply on affected body. Patient needs to expose himself to sunlight for an hour | Dermal | SA01343 | ||||
Root | Abortion | Chew the root | oral | Â | ||||
Gossypium herbaceum L. | Malvaceae | Tut | Shrub | Root | Snake bite | Roots are chewed to detoxify poison | oral | SA01363 |
Hibiscus micranthus L.f | Malvaceae | Segot Hamat | Shrub | Whole plant | typhus | House is fumigated with smoke to protect oneself from the disease | nasal | Â |
Hypoestes forskaolii (Vahl) R. Br. | Acanthaceae | Gerbia | Herb | Leaf | jaundice | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and juice taken orally | Â | SA01315 |
Jasminum granditlorum L. subsp. floribundum (R.Br. ex Fresen.) P.S. Green | Oleaceae | habitselim | Shrub | Leaf | Ascariasis | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and cup of juice with sugar is taken orally | oral | SA01326 |
tapeworm | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and cup of juice with sugar is taken orally | oral | Â | |||||
wound | Leaves are roasted on iron sheet ground into powder and are sprayed on wound | Dermal | Â | |||||
vomiting | Leaves are chewed to stop vomiting | oral | Â | |||||
Justicia schimperiana (Hochst. ex A.Nees) T. Anders | Acanthaceae | Shemeza | Shrub | Leaf | Jaundice | Seven leaves of J. schimperiana and seven leaves of Croton mycrostachyus roasted on iron sheet, crushed into powder are eaten with ‘enjera’ daily for twenty-one days | oral | SA01301 |
A cup of leaf juice of the plant is taken daily for twenty-one days | oral | Â | ||||||
Klinia odora Forssk. | Asteraceae | Berier | Shrub | Whole plant | Snake bite, evil eye, evil spirit | House is fumigated to repel snakes and expel evil spirit | nasal | SA01378 |
Leonotis ocymifolia (Bunn. f.) Iwarsson | Lamiaceae | Keyh Embeba Ketater | Herb | Whole plant | Febrile illness (michi) | Fumigating oneself with smoke of plant | nasal | SA01371 |
Eye disease | Fumigating oneself with smoke of plant | nasal | Â | |||||
Lepidium sativum L. | Brassicaceae | Shenfa | Herb | Seed | Amoebiasis and diarrhoea | Seeds are ground into powder, mixed with honey and then taken for three days | Dermal | SA01310 |
Gland TB | Open swelling/wound, add small amount of sulphur and covered it with seed paste of L. sativum and latex of C. procera | Dermal | Â | |||||
Evil spirit | Grind seeds, add powder into water and spray solution indoor to expel evil sprit | Dermal | Â | |||||
malaria | L. sativum seeds are crushed with leaves of R. chalepensis and A. Sativum and then taken orally for seven days | Dermal | Â | |||||
Premna oligotricha L. | Lamiaceae | Sasa hadima | Shrub | Leaf | Ascariasis | Leaves are crushed and squeezed and a cup of juice is taken once orally | Â | SA01325 |
Linum usitatissimum L. | Linaceae | Entatie | Â | Seed | Placental retention | Seeds roasted on iron sheet and grinding into powder, then cooked in the presence of honey and taken for a month before delivery | oral | SA01386 |
amoebiasis | Seeds are ground, mixed with water and a cup of juice drunk in the morning | oral | Â | |||||
Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. | Solanaceae | Tsebhi Awun | Herb | Leaf | Anthrax | Leaves are crushed, mixed with honey and swallowed | oral | SA01352 |
Maesa lanceolata Forssk. | Myrsinaceae | Saira | Tree | Leaf | Scabies | Leaves are crushed and juice smeared on affected part | Dermal | SA01302 |
Seed | Tapeworm | Seeds are ground, powder mixed with water and a cup of juice taken orally once | oral | Â | ||||
Malva verticillata L. | Malvaceae | Enkeftiha | Herb | Leaf | Anthrax | Leaves are crushed, mixed with honey and swallowed | oral | SA01330 |
Melia azedarach L. | Meliaceae | Neem | Tree | Leaf | Tonsillitis | Crush leaves, filter and drunk the juice | oral | SA01382 |
Seed, leaf | Dandruff | Seeds and leaves are crushed and paste applied on head skin | Dermal | Â | ||||
Leaf | Malaria | Leaves are crushed and squeezed, and a cup of solution taken orally daily for five days | oral | Â | ||||
Tooth decay | Leaves are chewed and spat | |||||||
Meriandra dianthera (Roth, ex. Roem. & Schult.)Briq. | Lamiaceae | Mesaguh | Tree | Leaf | Blood pressure | Leaves are boiled in water and solution taken daily for a month by cup of tea until improvement | oral | SA01339 |
Diarrhoea | Leaves are ground, powder is mixed with water and a cup of solution taken orally | oral | Â | |||||
malaria | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and a cup of juice taken daily for five days | Â | Â | |||||
Nicotiana tabacum L. | Solanaceae | Tunbako | Herb | Root | Snake bite | Roots are chewed or crushed and paste applied on wound | oral | SA01308 |
Ocimum lamiifolium. Hochst.Ex Benth. | Lamiaceae | Dem akher (demekasie) | Shrub | Leaf | Febrile illness (michi) | Leaves are crushed and solution drunk with coffee. Juice is also smeared on skin | oral/dermal | SA01311 |
Olea europaea L subsp. cuspidata (Wall. ex G. Don) Cif. | Oleaceae | Awlie | Tree | Leaf | Asthma | Leaves are boiled in water and a cup of solution drunk every evening with skimmed milk to arrest vomiting | oral | SA01374 |
vomiting | Leaves are chewed to stop vomiting | oral | Â | |||||
Amoebiasis | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and a cup of taken orally | oral | Â | |||||
Eye infection | Leaves are crushed, squeezed, filtered and two to three drops are added daily into the eye for five days | ophthalmic | Â | |||||
Teeth ache | Leaves are crushed and paste applied on affected area | Dermal | Â | |||||
Ascariasis | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and a cup of juice taken orally for one day | oral | Â | |||||
Ormocarpum pubescence (Hochst.) Cuf. ex Gillett | Fabaceae | Alendia | Shrub | Stem | rheumatism | Stems burned on prepared place at home and females bathing the smoke putting butter on their head | nasal | SA01320 |
Orobanche minor Smit. | Orobanchaceae | Selmi | Herb | Whole plant | Eye disease | Burn the plant on clay dish and let the patient fumigate himself with smoke | nasal | SA01338 |
Otostegia integrifolia Benth. | Lamiaceae | Chendog | Shrub | Leaf | Blood pressure | Leaves are boiled boiling in water and a cup of solution drunk every morning until recovery | oral | SA01357 |
Oxalis anthelmintica A. Rich | Oxalidaceae | Habachego | Herb | Leaf | Heart failure | leaves are eaten for long period of time (about a year) | oral | SA01318 |
Tapeworm | Patient eats some and remains on diet for next three hours | oral | Â | |||||
Pavonia burchellii (DC.) Dyer. | Malvaceae | Neger negarito | Shrub | Leaf | Stomach ache | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and a cup of juice taken orally | Â | SA01388 |
cough | A cup of leaf juice is taken orally | Â | Â | |||||
Phytolacca dodecandra L’Herit. | Phytolacaceae | Shebti | Shrub | Root | Rabies | Dried root of the plant is powdered and mixed with local alcohol and a cup of solution drunk daily for twelve days. vomiting is its side effect and, therefore, restricted to children and pregnant women | oral | SA01387 |
Leaf | Gonorrhoea | Leaves of P. dodecandra and roots of C. macrostachyus are ground, powdered mixed with water and solution drunk with one to two cups of coffee | oral | Â | ||||
Jaundice | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and one cup of juice taken daily for 21 days | oral | Â | |||||
scabies | Crushed leaves are rubbed on the skin. Skin is then washed in half –hour time | Dermal |  | |||||
Plantago lanceolata L. | Plantaginaceae | Melhas kelbi | Herb | Leaf | Tinea corperis | Leaves are rubbed on affected area | Dermal | SA01358 |
wound | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and solution applied on wound | Dermal | Â | |||||
Plumbago zeylanica L. | Plumbaginaceae | Aftihi | Shrub | Root | Evil eye, evil spirit, magic | Roots are fumigated in the house | nasal | SA01324 |
Polygala abyssinica Fres. | Polygalaceae | Etselebona | Herb | Root | Snake bite | Roots are chewed | oral | SA01314 |
Sharpen mind | Finger-sized root is chewed. Overdose may causes madness | oral | Â | |||||
Sever stomach ache | Roots are chewed | oral | Â | |||||
Rhamnus prinoides L’Herit. | Rhamnaceae | Gesho | Shrub | Leaf | Tonsillitis | Mothers chewing the leaves and spit to mouth of their children where as young ones chew it for themselves | Dermal | SA01350 |
Eczema | Leaves crushed, mixed with pure butter and dressing the affected part | Dermal | Â | |||||
Rhoicissus tridentata (L. f.) Wild & Drummond | Vitaceae | Hareg temen (etsezewie) | Climber | Root | Snake bite | Less than a finger-sized root is chewed and swallowed. Overdose causes severe stomach ache and vomiting | oral | SA01344 |
Rumex abyssinicus Jacq. | Polygonaceae | mokemoko | Herb | Root | Blood pressure | Roots are ground, powder mixed with water and solution drunk with tea every morning until improvement | oral | SA01398 |
Cancer | Root powder is mixed in spicy stew to increase its power of curing the disease | oral | Â | |||||
Tooth ache | Chew root and apply paste on affected tooth | oral | Â | |||||
Rumex nervosus Vahl. | Polygonaceae | Huhot | Shrub | Stem | gastritis | Young stems are chewed with salt and swallowed | oral | SA01394 |
Root | Snake bite | Roots are chewed to detoxify poison | oral | Â | ||||
Leaf | Skin rash | Leaves are crushed and paste rubbed on affected area | Dermal | Â | ||||
Breast cancer | Leaves are crushed and paste applied on affected area | Dermal | Â | |||||
Ricinus communis L. | Euphorbiaceae | Gulie | Shrub | Seed | Amoebiasis | Crushed seeds are mixed with water and taken with a cup of tea once | oral | SA01377 |
Ruta chalepensis L. | Rutaceae | Chena adam | Herb | Leaf | Evil eye | Rub the leaves and Smell | nasal | SA01380 |
cough | Leaves boiled in milk are taken orally | oral | Â | |||||
Malaria | Crushed the leaves of the plant with bulb of A. sativum in by adding and take medicine orally for three days | oral | Â | |||||
Flue | Leaf of R. chalepensis is pounded with bulb of A. Sativum, mixed with soup and used as a drink | oral | Â | |||||
Sansevieria erythraeae Mattei | Dracenaceae | Eka termo | Shrub | Leaf | Ear infection | Leaves are heated on fire, juice squeezed into tea cup and three to four drops are added into the infected ear | inner | SA01365 |
Schinus molle L | Anacardiaceae | Tselim berbere | Tree | Stem | Blood pressure | Chewing the stem | oral | SA01364 |
Leaf | Eye infection | Boil leaves in water and let the patient bath himself with steam | oral | Â | ||||
Solanum hirtulum Steud. ex A. Rich. | Solanaceae | Alalemo kelbi | Herb | Root | Stomach ache | Chewing the root | oral | SA01393 |
Solanum incanum L. | Solonaceaee | Neshtey engule | Shrub | Leaf | Anthrax | Seven leaves are crushed, mixed with honey and taken orally | oral | SA01372 |
Root | Arthritis | Roots are ground, powder mixed with animal butter and cream applied on affected body part and let the patient expose himself to sun light for five days | Dermal | Â | ||||
Stomach ache | Chewing the root | Dermal | Â | |||||
Gonorrhoea | Roots are ground, powder mixed with honey and paste taken for five days | oral | Â | |||||
Solanum marginatum L. f. | Solanaceae | Abyiengule | Shrub | Seed | Tuberculosis | Seeds are dried, crushed and added into milk or coffee and solution taken every morning for 21 days | oral | SA01313 |
Solanum nigrum L. | Solanaceae | Alalemo Wezero | Shrub | Leaf | Epistaxis | Leaves crushed and pasted on the nasal openings | Dermal | SA01360 |
Bleeding after delivery | Leaves are crushed and inserted into vagina | Dermal | Â | |||||
Tagetes minuta L. | Asteraceae | Etsefaruos | Herb | Whole plant | Evil eye | Smoking the plant and let the patient fumigate himself | nasal | SA01389 |
Tragia uncinata M. Gilbert | Euphorbiaceae | Amae | Herb | Root | Impotence | Roots are ground and taken orally with local soup for a week | oral | SA01361 |
Trigonella foenum-graecum L. | Fabaceae | Aba’ke | Herb | Seed | Urticaria | Grind seeds , mix powder with butter and apply cream on affected part | dermal | SA01392 |
Stomach ache | Boil powder in water, add sugar and given to babies | oral | Â | |||||
Verbascum sinaiticum Benth. | Scrophulariaceae | Trnaka | Herb | Leaf | Bleeding | Leaves are crushed and paste applied on affected area | dermal | SA01366 |
Haemorrhoids | Leaves are crushed, packed in a piece of cloth and inserted through rectum | rectal | Â | |||||
Fire burn | Leaves are crushed, squeezed and juice applied on the damaged part using clean cotton | dermal | Â | |||||
Swelling | Rub the swelling using fresh leaves | dermal | Â | |||||
Verbena officinalis subsp. africana R. Fernandes & Verdc. | Verbenaceae | Atush | Herb | Whole plant | Ascariasis | Plant is crushed, squeezed and juice taken with cup of coffee for three days | Â | SA01307 |
Diarrhoea | Plant is crushed, squeezed and juice taken with cup of coffee for two to three days | oral | Â | |||||
Leaf | Ear infection | Leaves are crushed, squeezed, juice filtered with clean cotton cloth, juice mixed with goat butter and three drops are added into the infected ear | auricular | Â | ||||
Herpes zoster | Leaves are crushed and paste applied on affected area | Dermal | Â | |||||
Root | Snake bite | Chewing the root | oral | Â | ||||
Tonsillitis | Adults chew the root and spit paste into the mouth of their sick child | oral | Â | |||||
Whole plant | abdominal pain and febrile illness | Plant is crushed, squeezed and solution taken with the cup of tea | oral | Â | ||||
Vernonia amygdalina Del. | Asteraceae | Grawa | Tree | Leaf, root | Devil sickness | Rub body with crushed leaves or smoke root and inhale the smoke. Crushed young twigs and leaves may also be spread in a house | Dermal/nasal | SA01306 |
Leaf | Malaria | Crushed leaves of this plant and R. Chalepensis are boiled and three tablet- sized medicine prepared by mixing paste with honey is served every morning for seven days | oral | Â | ||||
Root | Snake bite | Chewing the root | oral | Â | ||||
Leaf | Teeth ache | Leaves are chewed with bulbs of A. sativum | oral | Â | ||||
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal | Solanaceae | Agoal | Shrub | Leaf, stem | michi | Leaves and stems of the plant are decocted with leaves of E. globulus and C. africana and patient takes steam nasally | nasal | SA01356 |
Zehneria scabra (Linn.f.) Sond. | Cucurbitaceae | Haregressa | Herb | Whole plant | Febrile illness | The plant together with E. globulus and J. schimperiana is boiled in water and patient takes steam nasally | Nasal | SA01305 |
Zingiber officinale Rosc. | Zingiberaceae | gengible | Herb | Rhizome | Blood pressure | Chewing the rhizome | Oral | SA01399 |
Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf. | Rhamnaceae | geba | Shrub | Whole plant | Dandruff | Leaves are crushed and paste applied on head skin | Dermal | SA01370 |