List of medical Ailments and the medicinal Plants used to treat them

	Ailment Medicinal Plant Part of Plant used Backache Pleiotaxis antunesii leaves Birth, heavy bleeding while giving Peltophorum africanum roots Birth, induce Dichapetalum rhodesicum roots Bruise Psydrax livida roots Ricinus communis leaves Burns Ochna pulchra bark Chest pain Ancylanthos bainesii roots Colds Becium filamentosum whole herb Hibiscus sabdariffa calyx Tephrosia cephalanta var. decumbens roots Contraceptive Dichapetalum rhodesicum roots Grewia falcistipula roots Melhania burchellii roots Cough Ancylanthos bainesii roots Combretum zeyheri leaves Guibourtia coleosperma young leaves Peltophorum africanum roots Pterocarpus angolensis red plant sap Rhus tenuinervis roots Strychnos pungens leaves Tephrosia lupinifolia roots Tephrosia cf. oxygona roots Tephrosia cf. purpurea roots Terminalia sericea leaves Ziziphus mucronata subsp. mucronata roots Diarrhea Combretum platypetalum subsp. baumii roots Dialium englerianum inner bark Dichapetalum cymosum roots Ozoroa insignis subsp. latifolia roots Schinziophyton rautanenii bark Terminalia sericea roots, leaves Ziziphus mucronata subsp. mucronata roots Eyes, sore Grewia avellana roots Ears, suppurating Sansevieria pearsonii sap, rhizome Fever Becium filamentosum whole herb Psydrax livida roots Tephrosia lupinifolia roots Head Ache Ancylanthos bainesii roots Infertility Clerodendron dekindtii roots Combretum albopunctatum roots Liver problems Dichapetalum cymosum roots Peltophorum africanum bark Malaria Combretum psidioides roots Mental disorientation Otoptera burchellii roots Sickness during Pregnancy Peltophorum africanum roots Schinziophyton rautanenii bark Sinusitis Otoptera burchellii roots Skin inflammations Lonchocarpus nelsii subsp. nelsii frass of larvae Spleen complaints Solanum delagoense roots, sap of fruits Stomach pain Burkea africana roots Combretum zeyheri roots Grewia avellana roots Schinziophyton rautanenii bark Strychnos cocculoides bark Terminalia sericea roots Stomach ulcers Ziziphus mucronata subsp. mucronata roots Tuberculosis Acacia erioloba roots Peltophorum africanum roots Ziziphus mucronata subsp. mucronata roots Tooth ache Acacia erioloba roots Annona stenophylla subsp. nana roots Burkea africana roots Psydrax livida roots Securidaca longepedunculata roots Urine, blood in the Pleiotaxis antunesii leaves Vomiting Ziziphus mucronata subsp. mucronata roots Vomiting, induce Strychnos cocculoides unripe fruits Wounds Psydrax livida roots Strychnos cocculoides leaves Terminalia sericea roots Ximenia caffra var. caffra seeds

	Plants used as general Treatments and Tonics: For babies Baphia massaiensis subsp. obovata var. obovata roots Ochna pulchra young leaves Ozoroa paniculosa var. paniculosa roots For infants Bauhinia urbaniana roots Dichapetalum rhodesicum roots Hoffmannseggia burchellii roots For adults Bauhinia urbaniana roots Combretum psidioides roots Lapeirousia otaviensis tuber

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