Table 2 Diversity of medicinal uses of A. senegalensis and perceived effectiveness – Only uses with RFC ≥ 1% are listed in this table
Plant part | Specific uses | Method of preparation | Administration | Dosage | RFC (%) | Average effectiveness | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Actual | ||||||
Leaves | Dysentery | Mastication: Chewing some young leaves | Oral | Swallow the substance obtained from the mastication of the leaves each morning for 3 days | 6.58 | 6.10 | 2.98 |
Diarrhea | Crushing: Crush the leaves and pour into tomato sauce | Oral | Consume the sauce for 3 days | 1.88 | 1.59 | 3.00 | |
Fever | Decoction: Boil the leaves in water | Bath or oral | Drink one glass and take shower 3 times a day for 3 days | 3.49 | 2.39 | 3.00 | |
Malaria | Maceration: Soaking the leaves in water for 3 days | Oral | Drink one glass 3 times a day for 7 days | 28.32 | 13.26 | 3.00 | |
Bee sting | Trituration: Squeezing young leaves | Massage | Apply in the affected body part once and get fine few minutes later | 7.12 | 2.92 | 3.00 | |
Intestinal worms | Crushing: Crush and use it to make soup | Oral | Consume the soup for 7 days | 8.07 | 6.37 | 2.88 | |
Stomach aches | Trituration: Squeezing young leaves | Oral | Drink one glass three times a day for three days | 4.43 | 2.25 | 2.74 | |
Anemia | Maceration: Soaking the leaves in water for 3 days | Oral | Drink one glass three times a day for three days | 3.36 | 1.46 | 3.00 | |
Sexual weakness | Trituration: Squeezing young leaves | Oral | Filter, add water or any liquid and drink a glass before having sex | 2.42 | 1.19 | 3.0 | |
Snake bite | Chewing: Chew the leaves | Oral | Swallow the juice | 2.15 | 1.33 | 3.00 | |
Cold | Decoction: Boiling the leaves in water. | Oral | Drink one glass a day and use it to take shower 3 times a day and for 3 days | 1.34 | 1.33 | 3.0 | |
Root | Snake bite | Looting: Loot the root, add leaves of Pseudocedrela kotschyi (Schweinf.) Harms. or Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn | Massage | Apply the obtained product in the affected zone (renewable) | 2.82 | 2.39 | 3.00 |
Swelling of body part | Looting: Loot the root, add some Shea Butter | Massage | Apply the obtained substance in the affected part once a day (renewable) | 5.38 | 2.79 | 2.95 | |
Scorpion sting | Looting: Loot the root | Massage | Apply a small amount of the product obtained on the damaged body part once | 6.57 | 1.99 | 3 | |