Table 2 Medicinal uses of pigeonpea
From: Utilization and farmers’ knowledge on pigeonpea diversity in Benin, West Africa
Diseases | Forms of use | Form of administration or application | Villages |
|---|---|---|---|
Malaria | - Triturate the leaves, filter and add lemon juice - Triturate leaves, and add either lemon or citronella leaves or both and then filter the mixture - decoction of pigeonpea leaves and acacia leaves | Drinking of the filtrate | All the villages |
Ulcer | - Leaves decoction | Drinking of the decoction | Zagnanado (Kaodji, Massagbo) |
Measles (children) | - Add water to triturated leaves - Leaves decoction | Use as bath water to treat children and/or drinking of the decoction | Ouesse (Kokoro), Djidja (Oukpa), Zagnanado (Kaodji, Massagbo) |
Fever | - Triturate fresh leaves, add to water and filtrate - Triturate fresh leaves, filtrate and add to vine or fermented water | Use as bath water and/or drinking of the filtrate | Pobè (Issaba, Ahoyéyé) |
Snake bite | Triturate fresh leaves | Apply the triturated leaves on the bite | Djidja (Oukpa, Bowe) |
Eye infections | - Triturate fresh leaves and filter | Drop the filtrate in eyes | Pobè (Issaba, Ahoyéyé) |
Dizziness | - Triturate fresh leaves and filter | Drink the filtrate | Pobè (Issaba), Kétou (Mowodani) |