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small onion

muhacha

muremberembe - Cassia Abreviata

Cassia Abbreviata

SHONA- Muremberembe/ Murumanyama (Monepenepe – south africa) (Mahemba- Tanzania) (Lumanyama – Mozambique)

SCIENCE –

From the root bark, stem bark, leaves and flowers, a number of anthraquinones, triterpenoids, flavanol derivatives and organic acids have been isolated.

Pharmacologically, it possess antibacterial, antimalarial, antiparasitic, antiviral, antioxidant, and antidiabetic properties.

USES – Traditionally it is cooked with the hooves of animals, usually cattle, for many hours of boiling, slowly over a fire.

Extremely effective against gastrointestinal disorders, stomach pain, indigestion, diarrhoea and cramps.

It is used as an aphrodisiac, and it is used a lot to help keep away sexually transmitted diseases. The roots are the most powerful part.

It is mixed with musikavikadzi plus many others to cure people very quickly from STDs.

It is used regularly for excessive menstrual bleeding, as well as menstrual cramps. PMS, and uterus complaints.

It stops vomiting, either through chewing on a bit of the bark of the root, or, if the bitterness is too much, soaking a few pieces of the root in warm water even for as little as 5 minutes or in cold water for a few hours or overnight. These root pieces can be re-soaked over a few days through continually topping up the water.

It stops bleeding of wounds, if the powder is placed upon the wound.

It is generally an all-round strengthening herb, it is used for back pains and helps with circulation.

Its employed as an antiparasitic especially for treating malaria, including blackwater fever.

In large doses it is a purgative, and is used to treat snake bites.

It helps with headache, and toothache.

Also used as a natural abortion agent.

The leaves are smoked as a treatment for haematuria, whereas the smoke of smouldering twigs is inhaled to cure headache.

A root decoction or the dried powdered roots in water are drunk to treat bilharzia and pneumonia.

A water extract of the roots is used as an eyewash to cure ophthalmia.

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botanical - Lannea Discolor

Lannea discolor is an important component of the traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine health-care systems in several countries. This study is aimed at reviewing the botany, ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemical and biological activities of L. discolor. Information on its botany, medicinal uses, chemistry and pharmacological properties was undertaken using electronic databases such as Pubmed, SCOPUS, Medline, SciFinder, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, EThOS, ProQuest, OATD and Open-thesis. Pre-electronic literature was sourced from the University Library. The species is used as herbal medicine for 24 human diseases. The major diseases and ailments treated using concoctions prepared from L. discolor include gastrointestinal problems, gonorrhea, infertility in women, convulsions, dizziness, injury, and wounds. Different aqueous and organic extracts of L. discolor exhibited anthelmintic, antibacterial, antimycobacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, antiplasmodial, and nematicidal activities. Detailed studies on the phytochemistry, pharmacological, and toxicological properties of L. discolor are required to correlate the medicinal uses of the species with its phytochemistry and pharmacological properties.
Bark for stomach. - diarrhorea.

Wounds - Fiber used as a bandage. Works through the skin. Common.
Fractures - Twigs and Fiber - parts of straight branches are tied to broken limb splints and wide strips of fiber used as bandage.

Root medicine
- convulsions - washing with infusion.
- gonorrhoea - infusion
- infertility in women (ndebele)
- swollen legs - powder taken by mouth in porridge
- sore eyes - infusion used as eye drops
- whooping cough - decotion taken by mouth
- to prevent witches getting into home
- Heavy mensturation - infusion

Small Mutamba

Welcome!

Dear reader,

I invite to your attention at this time, a few articles that were written by myself while in Zimbabwe last year, during a 6 month stay. I stayed in Domboshava, Harare suburbs including, Chitungwisa, Dzevarasekwa, Epworth, also visiting Masvingo, Mazowe and Guruve.

It was a challenging time to be out there, with what little money I had. I relied upon using herbal medicine to cure me a number of times from minor ailments, like stomach problems, diarrhea, sun stroke, sun burn, aching joints, head aches, weakness, bad sleep, bad dreams, indigestion, and even emotional problems like anxiety and stress.

All the herbs listed here on this website I have used and gained experience in applying.

I have been reseaching them further on my return, and there is much to learn from this largely ignored medical tradition. My feeling is that it will have much to contribute to the wider field of medicine, both conventionally and globally. 

Please read further the documents on the menu bar.

Watch this space for further information. I will be writing more soon.