Insect species (family) | Vernacular name | Insect or product | Preparation | Application | Disease cured | Used in combination with | Province |
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Orthoptera | |||||||
1. Acheta domesticus | sokɛɛrɛɛ (dioula) | Adult insect | NA | Oral | Deafness | NA | Houët |
(Gryllidea) | buglunvãre (mooré) | ||||||
2. Schistocerca gregaria | sũurẽ (mooré) | Adult insect | Burnt insect powder | Topical | Wound |  | Kadiogo |
(Acrididae) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Blattodae | |||||||
3. Macrotermes sp. (Termitidae) | Yao-bi (mooré) | Nest | Powder | Topical | Knee pain | Decoction of Cissus quadrangularis branch | Houët |
Decoction of Securidaca longipedunculata branch | Kadiogo | ||||||
Oral | Diarrhea | Water | Houët | ||||
Topical | Articular pain | Water | Houët Kadiogo | ||||
Topical | Bone pain | Datura stramonium | Houët | ||||
Topical | Sprain | Lemon juice | Houët | ||||
Oral | General fatigue | – | Houët Kadiogo | ||||
Topical | Fracture | – | Houët | ||||
Oral | Gonorrhea | NA | Kadiogo | ||||
3. Macrotermes sp. (Termitidae) | Yao-bi (mooré) | Nest | Powder | Oral | Sexual impotence | NA | Houët |
Topical | Inflammation | Water | Houët Kadiogo | ||||
Topical | Dislocation | Lemon juice + ash | Kadiogo | ||||
Topical | Congenital | NA | Kadiogo | ||||
malformation | |||||||
Topical | Headache | NA | Houët Kadiogo | ||||
Topical | General infertility | NA | Kadiogo | ||||
Oral | Vomiting | – | Houët | ||||
Securidaca longipedunculata branch decoction | Kadiogo | ||||||
Kadiogo | |||||||
4. Trinervitermes sp. (Termitidae) | Tãmbeko (mooré) | Nest | Powder | Topical | Mumps | Crushed leaves of | Kadiogo |
Guiera senegalensis | |||||||
Topical | Burn | Acacia nilotica bark | Houët | ||||
 | decoction + Honey | ||||||
NA | Iron deficiency | NA | Houët | ||||
 | Topical | Fracture | Water | Houët | |||
4. Trinervitermes sp. (Termitidae) | Tãmbeko (mooré) | Nest | Powder | Topical | Dropsy | Water | Kadiogo |
Topical | Inflammation | Water | Houët Kadiogo | ||||
Topical | Edemas | Water | Houët | ||||
Topical | Wound | NA | Kadiogo | ||||
Oral | Vomiting | Water | Kadiogo | ||||
5. Nasutitermes sp. (Termitidae) | Ti-mogdo (mooré) | Nests | Powder | Topical | Inflammation | Water | Kadiogo |
6. Periplaneta Americana (Blattidae) | Yalle (mooré) ɲɛbɛrɛ (dioula) | Adult insect | NA | NA | Headache | NA | Kadiogo |
Crushed live | Topical | Earache | – | Kadiogo | |||
 |  |  | Ash | Houët | |||
Burnt insect | Anal | Rectal prolapse | Shea Butter | Houët | |||
powder | |||||||
Crushed live | Oral | Toxin | Unidentified plant bark | Kadiogo | |||
Crushed live | Topical | Shingles | Guiera senegalensis leaves + Piliostigma | Houët | |||
 | reticulatum roots decoction | ||||||
Hymenoptera | |||||||
7. Apis mellifera | Liden (dioula) | Insect adult | Powder | Oral | Sickle cell anemia | Trichilia emetica roots decoction | Houët |
Honey | NA | Cough | Tamarind fruit juice or Diospyros mespiliformis bark + Calotropis procera bark or Tapinanthus sp. branch decoction | Kadiogo | |||
NA | Cold | Acacia albida bark and leaves decoction decoction | Kadiogo | ||||
 | Lemon fruit juice | Houët | |||||
NA | General fatigue | Bombax costatum bark decoction | Kadiogo | ||||
 | NA | Houët | |||||
NA | Intestinal | NA | Kadiogo | ||||
 | helminthiasis | ||||||
NA | Strangulated hernia | Cassia sieberiana roots decoction | Houët | ||||
NA | Sexual impotence | Vitellaria paradoxa flowers powder | Houët | ||||
NA | Insomnia | – | Kadiogo | ||||
Honey + beeswax | – | Memory loss | Citrus Aurantiifolia (fruit zest) or Vitellaria Paradoxa (flowers) | Houët | |||
7. Apis mellifera (Apidae) | Liden (dioula) | Honey + beeswax | NA | Oral | Memory loss | Piliostigma Thonningii | Houët |
(leaves), or Cassia | |||||||
Sieberiana (roots) decoction | |||||||
Honey | NA | Heart diseases | NA | Houët | |||
NA | Asthma | NA | Houët | ||||
NA | Difficulty breathing | Acacia albida roots | Kadiogo | ||||
decoction or Curcuma longa | |||||||
crushed bulb | |||||||
NA | Houët | ||||||
NA | Voice extinction | Combretum micranthum leaves decoction | Kadiogo | ||||
NA | Cough | Acacia nilotica bark decoction | Houët Kadiogo | ||||
NA | Oral | Pneumonia | Decoction of Acacia albida bark or Boswellia dalzielii | Kadiogo | |||
 |  |  | bark + Acacia albida bark + Acacia nilotica bark + Glossonema boveanum leaves + Sterculia setigera bark + Brachystelma binger (roots) decoction |  | |||
NA | Oral | Bladder lithiasis | Vitex agnus-castus fruit | Kadiogo | |||
3 years old honey | Oral | Diabetes | NA | Houët | |||
7. Apis mellifera (Apidae) | Liden (dioula) | Honey | NA | Oral | Constipation | Terminalia avicenniodes roots decoction | Houët |
NA | Topical | Burn | NA | Kadiogo Kadiogo | |||
Acacia nilotica bark | |||||||
NA NA | NA Oral | Hemorrhage in women Nausea | Decoction of Lannea acida bark decoction | Houët Kadiogo | |||
NA | Oral | Pyrosis | Cassia siberiana | Kadiogo | |||
NA | Oral | Dizziness | NA | Houët | |||
NA | Oral | Toxin | Zingiber officinale crushed bulb + Diospyros mespiliformis bark decoction | Kadiogo | |||
– | Oral | Stomach aches | Allium sativum or Annona senegalensis + Annona squamosa or Citrus aurantiifolia or Khaya senegalensis or Striga sp. | Houët | |||
7. Apis mellifera (Apidae) | Liden (dioula) | Honey Beeswax | – | topical | Foot pain | Mangifera indica leaves decoction | Houët |
Crushed wax | Oral | Gonorrhea |  | Houët | |||
 |  |  | Lagenaria sicecaria leaves decoction |  | |||
Crushed | Oral | Ulcer | Ocimum basilicum leaves or | Kadiogo | |||
wax | Acacia nilotica fruit or striga | ||||||
 | sp. (whole) or | ||||||
 | Cochlospermum tinctorium | ||||||
 | roots decoction | ||||||
 | Acacia nilotica bark and leaves decoction | Houët Kadiogo | |||||
Crushed | Topical | Itching | Khaya senegalensis bark decoction | Kadiogo | |||
wax | |||||||
Crushed | Anal | Anal bleeding | NA | Houët | |||
wax | |||||||
Crushed | Oral | Amenorrhea | Ficus sycomorus | Houët | |||
wax | Ficus gnaphalocarpa leaves | ||||||
 | decoction | ||||||
7. Apis mellifera (Apidae) | Liden (dioula) | Beeswax | NA | Oral | General infertility | NA | Kadiogo |
8. Camponotus maculatus | goɛtrgoɛɛga (mooré) | Adult insect and pupae | NA | Oral | Azoospermia | NA | Houët |
(Formicidae) | folonfolonba (dioula) | ||||||
9. Camponotus sp. (Formicidae) | Sãati (mooré) | Adult insect | Powder | Topical | Foot pain | Guiera senegalensis | Houët |
Nest | Powder | Oral | Retention of acute urinary | NA | Houët | ||
10. Pachycondyla sp. (Formicidae) | Gũuri (mooré) | Nest | Powder | Topical | Knee pain | Water | Kadiogo |
Oral | Headache | Pupalia lappacea crushed flowers | Kadiogo | ||||
NA | Houët | ||||||
Oral | Stomach aches | Cassia sieberiana (roots) or Guiera senegalensis | Houët | ||||
 + Ficus polita (roots) decoction | |||||||
Topical | Neurological | Khaya senegalensis bark decoction | Houët | ||||
problems | |||||||
Oral | Retention of acute urinary | Annona senegalensis roots | Houët | ||||
Retention of acute urinary | |||||||
 | Balanites aegyptiaca roots | Kadiogo | |||||
NA | Toxin | NA | Kadiogo | ||||
10. Pachycondyla sp. | Gûuri (mooré) | Nest | Powder | Oral | Varicella | Combretum molle | Houët |
11. Tetramorium sp. (Formicidae) | Kaya (mooré) | Nest | Powder |  | Sprain | NA | Kadiogo |
Topical | Inflammation | Guiera Senegalensis | Houët | ||||
leaves decoction | |||||||
– | Houët Kadiogo | ||||||
Oral | Cyst | Acacia nilotica roots | Houët | ||||
decoction | |||||||
Topical | Hip pain | NA | Kadiogo | ||||
Topical | Headache | NA | Houët Kadiogo | ||||
Topical | Neurological | Khaya Senegalensis dead bark decoction | Houët | ||||
problems | Â | ||||||
Oral | Retention of acute urinary | Annona Senegalensis roots | Houët | ||||
 | decoction | ||||||
Oral | Gynecological problems | NA | Kadiogo | ||||
Oral | Chronic cough | NA | Kadiogo | ||||
12. Sceliphron sp. (Sphecidae) | Vûnunvûnga (mooré) | Nest | Powder | Topical | Inflammation | Xanthoxylum Zanthoxyloides leaves decoction | Houët |
– | Houët Kadiogo | ||||||
Nest | Powder | Oral | Vomiting | Tamarindus indica | Kadiogo | ||
fruit juice | |||||||
Topical | Allergy due to stings | Xanthoxylum | Houët | ||||
zanthoxyloides leaves | |||||||
decoction | Â | ||||||
Topical | Sprain | Water | Kadiogo | ||||
Oral | Hiccups | NA | kadiogo | ||||
Oral | Female | NA | Houët | ||||
infertility | |||||||
Topical | Lipoma | NA | Houët | ||||
Oral | Sore throat | NA | Houët | ||||
Topical | Hip pain | Water | Kadiogo | ||||
Topical | Foot pain | NA | Houët | ||||
Topical | Mumps | NA | Houët | ||||
Topical | Fontanel | Water | Kadiogo | ||||
problem | Â | ||||||
Oral | Cough | Cassia sieberiana | Houët | ||||
roots decoction | |||||||
13. Vespula vulgaris (Vespidae) | Kãnenkãaga (mooré) | Nest | Powder | Topical | Lipoma | Lion fat | Kadiogo |
Oral | Heart diseases | NA | Houët | ||||
Topical | Whitlow | NA | Houët | ||||
Coleoptera | |||||||
14. Scarabaeus laticollis | Gutungulungu | Rolled dung | NA | Oral | Painful urination | NA | Kadiogo |
(Scarabaeidae) | (mooré) | ||||||
15. Lytta sp. | Pusg-n-waag-ma (mooré) | Adult insect | NA | Oral | Sickle cell anemia | Ficus sycomorus | Houët |
Ficus Gnaphalocarpa bark | |||||||
and roots decoction | |||||||
NA | Oral | Â | NA | Kadiogo | |||
Retention of acute urinary | |||||||
16. Coccinella septempunctata | – | Adult insect | Burnt insect powder | Topical | Wound | NA | Houët |
(coccinellidae) | |||||||
17. Unidentified specie (Cerambicidae) | Ti-gẽnengẽega (mooré) | Insect gnawed wood | Ash of wood | Topical | Breast crack | NA | Kadiogo |
Lepidoptera | |||||||
18. Cirina butyrospermi (Saturniidae) | Pilimpiuku (mooré) | Larvae | Cooked larvae | Oral | Asthma | Parkia biglobosa cooked seed | Kadiogo |
Arterial | NA | Houët Kadiogo | |||||
hypertension | Â | Â | |||||
Avitaminosis | NA | Houët | |||||
Abdominal bloating | NA | Kadiogo | |||||
Diabetes | NA | Houët | |||||
Rage | NA | Houët | |||||
Tetanus | NA | Houët | |||||
Toxin | NA | Kadiogo | |||||
Diptera | |||||||
19. Musca domestica (Muscidae) | Limɔgɔ (dioula) | Adult insect | NA | Oral | Sickle cell | Cassia sieberiana bark and | Houët |
anemia | Roots decoction | ||||||
Larvae | NA | Oral | Male infertility | NA | Houët |