Table 6 Mixtures used in Sahrawi ethnoveterinary medicine along with their lists of components (including the parts of plants used), preparation and indications
From: Ethnoveterinary of Sahrawi pastoralists of Western Sahara: camel diseases and remedies
Plants/Other ingredients | Preparation | Administration route | Indications |
|---|---|---|---|
Ammodaucus leucotrichus (se) | Plants are grinded and mixed with wheat flour, fried in oil and applied as a plaster with a cleaned cloth for 15Â days, changing the plaster every day | Topical | Mastitis |
Lavandula sp. (ap) | |||
Wheat flour | |||
Allium cepa (bu) | Fried, dissolved in a saline solution, then obtaining a plaster | Topical | Mastitis |
Allium sativum (bu) | |||
Acacia senegal (ba) | Grinded and applied as cicatrizer for 5Â days | Topical | Wounds |
Acacia tortilis (ba) | |||
Maerua crassifolia (ba) | |||
Euphorbia balsamifera (ap) | Boiled in salt water, three washes per week | Dipping | Tick infestations |
Pergularia tomentosa (ap) | |||
Ammodaucus leucotrichus (se) | Heated with oil | Topical | Skin ulcers |
Chamomilla pubescens (ap) | Wounds | ||
Acacia tortilis (le) | Pit cooked and then mixed with ash and water | Topical | Mange |
Anabasis articulata (ap) | |||
Rhus tripartita (le) | |||
Bitumen | Â | Topical | Mange |
Exhausted engine oil | |||
Camel milk | |||
Camel fat | Mixed and rest for a week | Topical | Mange |
Sulphur stone | |||
Cistanche phelypaea (ap) | Cistanche phelypaea is cut in pieces, mixed with the other grinded plants and then with bitumen | Topical | Mange |
Hammada scoparia (ap) | |||
Salsola tetrandra (ap) | |||
Bitumen | |||
Artemisia herba-alba (ap) | Boiled in water | Topical | Mastitis |
Zygophyllum gaetulum (ap) | |||
Acacia tortilis (ba) | Grinded and mixed | Topical | Wounds |
Rhus tripartita (ba) | |||
Tamarix sp. (ba,wo) |