Warning! This project is intended for education on medicinal plants and not as a medical source for self-treatment. Several medicinal plants presented here contain toxic ingredients and may be allergic or poisonous. I will not be held responsible for claims arising from their inappropriate use. Please do not attempt self-diagnosis or self treatment. Always consult your doctor or medical personnel
Abelmoschus esculentus
common name: Okra
Cures: joint pains
Preparation & use: cut fresh fruits into small pieces & boil in water and some salt plus other green vegetables or any kind of food. Eat together with the soup
Cures: joint pains
Preparation & use: cut fresh fruits into small pieces & boil in water and some salt plus other green vegetables or any kind of food. Eat together with the soup
Abrus precatorius
Common name: Cat's eye
Cures: Snake bite, gonorrhea, lack of sexual desire in women
Cures: Snake bite, gonorrhea, lack of sexual desire in women
Abutilon grandiflorum
cures: headache, placenta expulsion, stops vomiting, eye inflammation
Adenia cissampeloides
Cures: Severe malaria characterized by vomiting
Preparation & use: get fresh leaves, crush and mix with cold water. Then strain and drink the liquid
Preparation & use: get fresh leaves, crush and mix with cold water. Then strain and drink the liquid
Aerva lanata
Cures: snake bite, bad odors, sore eyes, skin diseases, stops lactation in women, expels excess heat from the body
Albizia gummifera
Cures: constant headache
Preparation & use: get the roots then remove the outer layer. Crush the inner layer and then put 3-4 drops of the liquid generated into the nose of the patient
Preparation & use: get the roots then remove the outer layer. Crush the inner layer and then put 3-4 drops of the liquid generated into the nose of the patient
Alchornea cordifolia
Common name: Christmas bush
Cures: snake bite, malaria, ear infection, kidney disorders
Cures: snake bite, malaria, ear infection, kidney disorders
Aloe barbadensis
Common name: Aloe
Cures: Malaria, fever, skin diseases, stops bleeding, scar remover, de-wormer
Preparation & use for malaria and fever: Boil fresh leaves in water for about half an hour. Give one teaspoonful of the cooled liquid to a child and two spoonfuls for adults daily
Cures: Malaria, fever, skin diseases, stops bleeding, scar remover, de-wormer
Preparation & use for malaria and fever: Boil fresh leaves in water for about half an hour. Give one teaspoonful of the cooled liquid to a child and two spoonfuls for adults daily
Aristolochia serpentaria
Cures: snake bite
Artocarpus heterophylus
Common name: Jack fruit
Use: eating the ripe friuts improve manhood
Use: eating the ripe friuts improve manhood
Aspilia mossambicensis
Cures: stomach pain
Preparation & use: crush fresh leaves and soak in water. Strain and drink 1/2 glass once a day.
Preparation & use: crush fresh leaves and soak in water. Strain and drink 1/2 glass once a day.
Azadirachta indica
Common name: Neem tree
Cures: cough, malaria, unbalanced urine flow, antibiotic, spermicidal
Cures: cough, malaria, unbalanced urine flow, antibiotic, spermicidal
Bidens pilosa
Common name: Black jack
Cures: malaria, fever, headache, cuts & wounds
Preparation & use for cuts and wounds: get a handful of leaves and squeeze between your fingers. Drop the liquid formed onto a clean wound or cut.
Cures: malaria, fever, headache, cuts & wounds
Preparation & use for cuts and wounds: get a handful of leaves and squeeze between your fingers. Drop the liquid formed onto a clean wound or cut.
Boerhavia diffusa
Cures: constipation, addiction to alcohol
Bothriocline tomentosa
Cures: abdominal pain, cough, diarrhea, stops vomiting
Carica papaya
Common name: Pawpaw
Cures: gassy stomach, worm infection
Preparation & use: Select seeds from a ripe fruit. Adults swallow 7 seeds and children 4 seeds
Cures: gassy stomach, worm infection
Preparation & use: Select seeds from a ripe fruit. Adults swallow 7 seeds and children 4 seeds
Cassia occidentalis
Cures: abdominal pain (especially due to worms)
Preparation & use: Dig out the roots and wash them clean with water. Then just chew the clean roots
Preparation & use: Dig out the roots and wash them clean with water. Then just chew the clean roots
Centella asiatica
Cures: headache, ulcers, swelling of tissue due to fluid accumulation, supports brain function
Chenopodium opulifolium
Cures: measles, abdominal pain in children
Clerodendrum rotindifolia
Cures: headache, kills worms (de-wormer), coughs, boils & swellings
Combretum molle
Common name: Velvet combretum
Cures: leprosy, stomachache, skin rashes (big spreading rashes)
Preparation & use for rash treatment: cook the bark of the tree in water. Let it cool then strain and some drink the liquid. Bathe the entire body with the remaining cooled liquid.
Cures: leprosy, stomachache, skin rashes (big spreading rashes)
Preparation & use for rash treatment: cook the bark of the tree in water. Let it cool then strain and some drink the liquid. Bathe the entire body with the remaining cooled liquid.
Cyperus erecta
Cures: measles, sores, cough, headache, skin diseases
Datura stramonium
Cures: constant pain around the waist area, poison
Preparation and use: use a razor blade to smake small cuts aroud the waist to allow blood to flow out. The crush fresh leaves and rub over the entire area around the waist.
Preparation and use: use a razor blade to smake small cuts aroud the waist to allow blood to flow out. The crush fresh leaves and rub over the entire area around the waist.
D. integrifolia and R. communis
Cures: fever
Preparation and use: boil fresh leaves of D. integrifolia then add leaves of R. communis and let the mixture cool. Pour the mixture in a basin and cover your head in the basin using a blanket. Also drink some of the cooled liquid and use som for bathing
Preparation and use: boil fresh leaves of D. integrifolia then add leaves of R. communis and let the mixture cool. Pour the mixture in a basin and cover your head in the basin using a blanket. Also drink some of the cooled liquid and use som for bathing
Dracaena steudneri
Common name: Dragon's blood tree
Cures: Cough, syphilis
Preparation & use for cough treatment: Mix dry leaves of D. steudneri and C. papaya (pawpaw) then burn to ashes. Add small amount of lake salt to the ash. Add some little water to the ash plus salt mixture then drink the mixture
Preparation and use for syphilis treatment: Crush sizeable amount of the bark of the tree and boil in water for about an hour. Let it cool then strain and drink the liquid
Cures: Cough, syphilis
Preparation & use for cough treatment: Mix dry leaves of D. steudneri and C. papaya (pawpaw) then burn to ashes. Add small amount of lake salt to the ash. Add some little water to the ash plus salt mixture then drink the mixture
Preparation and use for syphilis treatment: Crush sizeable amount of the bark of the tree and boil in water for about an hour. Let it cool then strain and drink the liquid
Drymaria cordata
Cures: headache, malaria, chest pain
Entada abyssinica
Cures: rashes that develop on babies around three weeks after birth.
Preparation and use: Boil leaves and bark together in water. Let the mixture cool till lukewarm then use it to bath the baby.
Preparation and use: Boil leaves and bark together in water. Let the mixture cool till lukewarm then use it to bath the baby.
Eucalyptus globulus
Common name: Eucalptus
Cures: cough and fever
Preparation & use: boil fresh young leaves in water for half an hour. Strain and drink the liquid.
Cures: cough and fever
Preparation & use: boil fresh young leaves in water for half an hour. Strain and drink the liquid.
Ficus natalensis
Common name: bark cloth fig
Cures: cough, bloody diarrhea, unclear throat, bed wetting
Cures: cough, bloody diarrhea, unclear throat, bed wetting
Galinsoga parviflora
Common name: McDonalds weed
Cures: diarrhea, colds, sores
Cures: diarrhea, colds, sores
Hibiscus acetosella
Common name: Mask mallow
Cures: as a blood tonic (blood purifier), less blood in the body
Preparation & use: cook fresh leaves in water mixed with some salt and drink the warm liquid
Cures: as a blood tonic (blood purifier), less blood in the body
Preparation & use: cook fresh leaves in water mixed with some salt and drink the warm liquid
Hoslundia opposita
Common name: Bird gooseberry
Cures: gives appetite to a patient who has recovered from fever
Preparation & use: Boil fresh leaves in water. Let it cool then strain and drink the liquid.
Cures: gives appetite to a patient who has recovered from fever
Preparation & use: Boil fresh leaves in water. Let it cool then strain and drink the liquid.
Indigofera spicata
Common name: Creeping indigo
Cures: stomachache, cough & sore throat, excessive bleeding in women
Cures: stomachache, cough & sore throat, excessive bleeding in women
Ipomoea batatas
Cures: snake bite
Preparation & use: crush the leaves and mixed with cold water.Strain then drink a reasonable amount of the liquid.
Preparation & use: crush the leaves and mixed with cold water.Strain then drink a reasonable amount of the liquid.
Imperata cylindrica
Common name: Spear grass
Cures: stomach and mouth sores, measles, protrudung of the rectum or vagina
Cures: stomach and mouth sores, measles, protrudung of the rectum or vagina
Jatropha curcas
Common name: Fig nut
Cures: fresh cuts & wounds. Aslo cures tetanus, constipation, snake bite, kidney disorders, and chest pain
Preparation & use: Get sap from the leaf or stem and apply directly onto the clean wound or cut
Cures: fresh cuts & wounds. Aslo cures tetanus, constipation, snake bite, kidney disorders, and chest pain
Preparation & use: Get sap from the leaf or stem and apply directly onto the clean wound or cut
Kalanchoe glaucescens
Cures: fever, extended menstral periods
Kalanchoe pinnata
Cures: swelling of the lymph glands, swelling of the liver, periodic sharp pain in the body
Lantana trifolia
Cures: swelling of the eye
Leonatis mollisima
Common name: Lion's ear
Cures: digestive disorder, stops bleeding, stops swelling on the body, difficulty swallowing due to throat infection.
Preparation & treatment of throat infection: Crush fresh green leaves and mixed with cold water. Strain and drink 1/2 glass twice a day
Cures: digestive disorder, stops bleeding, stops swelling on the body, difficulty swallowing due to throat infection.
Preparation & treatment of throat infection: Crush fresh green leaves and mixed with cold water. Strain and drink 1/2 glass twice a day
Mangifera indica
Common name: Mango
Cures: Cough, diarrhea
Preparation & use for cough: chew fresh young leaves or flowers daily. Alternatively, boil fresh leaves & bark in water, let it cool, strain and drink the decoction
Preparation and use for diarrhea: get some bark and crush into small pieces then add water. Strain and drink the liquid.
Cures: Cough, diarrhea
Preparation & use for cough: chew fresh young leaves or flowers daily. Alternatively, boil fresh leaves & bark in water, let it cool, strain and drink the decoction
Preparation and use for diarrhea: get some bark and crush into small pieces then add water. Strain and drink the liquid.
Marrubium vulgare
Common name: White horehound
cures: severe malaria characterized by shaky body (severe muscle contraction)
Preparation and use: get fresh leaves and flowers and crush together. Then let the patient sniff several times.
cures: severe malaria characterized by shaky body (severe muscle contraction)
Preparation and use: get fresh leaves and flowers and crush together. Then let the patient sniff several times.
Maytenus senegalensis
Cures: Ulcers (used in combination with Combretum molle, Hoslundia opposita & Grewia mollis)
Preparation and use: obtain barks of combretum molle, Maytenus senegalensis, Grewia mollis and leaves of Hoslundia opposita. Crush them all together and boil in water for about an hour. Let it cool then strain the mixture. Drink a glass of the liquid three times a day
Preparation and use: obtain barks of combretum molle, Maytenus senegalensis, Grewia mollis and leaves of Hoslundia opposita. Crush them all together and boil in water for about an hour. Let it cool then strain the mixture. Drink a glass of the liquid three times a day
Mentha cardifolia
Common name: Garden mint
Cures: cough, cold, excess gas in the stomach
Cures: cough, cold, excess gas in the stomach
Mimosa pudica
Cures: measles
Preparation & use: crush a reasonable amount of leaves, add reasonable amount of water, and boil. Allow to cool then mix reasonable amount of ghee and rub to the area that has rashes. Repeat till rashes disappear
Preparation & use: crush a reasonable amount of leaves, add reasonable amount of water, and boil. Allow to cool then mix reasonable amount of ghee and rub to the area that has rashes. Repeat till rashes disappear
Ocimum suave
Cures: flu, stomachache, eye infection, and hypertension
Preparation & use for flu treatment: squeeze enough fresh leaves between your fingers and hands then sniff. Repeat the practice everyday until flu disappears.
Preparation & use for flu treatment: squeeze enough fresh leaves between your fingers and hands then sniff. Repeat the practice everyday until flu disappears.
Opuntia spps
Common name: Cactus
Cures: lack of proper reasoning due to disturbed mind (paranoid psychosis)
Cures: lack of proper reasoning due to disturbed mind (paranoid psychosis)
Oxalis corniculata
Cures: toothache, scars
Oxygonum sinuatum
Cures: elephantiasis, skin inflammation due to infection, sweeling of the eye membrane
Paullinia pinnata
Cures: snake poison (anti-venom), allergy, intestinal worms (de-wormer)
Pavonia patens (malvaceae)
Cures: bloody diarrhea
Preparation and use: Crush fresh leaves and soak in cold water. Strain and drink 1/4 liter of the liquid three times a day (morning, afternoon and evening)
Preparation and use: Crush fresh leaves and soak in cold water. Strain and drink 1/4 liter of the liquid three times a day (morning, afternoon and evening)
Pennistum purpureum
Common name: Elephant grass
Cures: measles
preparation and use: Regularly chew the stem and swallow the juice. In addition, eat 'mukene' (small fish from the chichlidae family) cooked without salt. Also drink urine occasionally
Cures: measles
preparation and use: Regularly chew the stem and swallow the juice. In addition, eat 'mukene' (small fish from the chichlidae family) cooked without salt. Also drink urine occasionally
Phytolacca dodecandra
Cures: painful contraction of muscles, joint pains in arms and legs, periodic sharp pain in the body
Sapium elliptcum
Common name: Jumping seed tree
Cures: Large spreading rashes on head and legs
Preparation & use: crush fresh leaves and boil in water. Let it cool. Drink the cooled liquid and bath with some of the cooled liquid.
Cures: Large spreading rashes on head and legs
Preparation & use: crush fresh leaves and boil in water. Let it cool. Drink the cooled liquid and bath with some of the cooled liquid.
Sesamum angolensis
Cures: hernia, diarrhea, increased heartbeat
Sida cuneifolia
Cures: coughs, simple fracture (broken bones)
Preparation & use for broken bones: Grind fresh leaves then use to massage the broken area
Preparation & use for broken bones: Grind fresh leaves then use to massage the broken area
Sigesbeckia orientalis
Cures: skin infections, fungal infections, syphilis, stomach pain
Preparation and use for stomach pain: crush fresh leaves and soak in cold water. Strain and drink 1/2 glass once a day.
Preparation and use for stomach pain: crush fresh leaves and soak in cold water. Strain and drink 1/2 glass once a day.
Spilanthes mauritania
Cures: mouth soars, diarrhea, stomach ache, gum and throat sores
Senna alata
Common name: Ringworm bush
Cures: Ring worms
Cures: Ring worms
Solanum incanum
Common name: Nightshade
Cures: boils
Preparation & use: roast a seed over fire then rub directly on the boil. The boil is later cut & the purse squeezed out.
Cures: boils
Preparation & use: roast a seed over fire then rub directly on the boil. The boil is later cut & the purse squeezed out.
Solanum lucopersicum
Common name: Tomato
Cures: ear infection
Preparation & use: Squeeze some fresh leaves between your fingers and hands. Drop the liquid generated directly into the infected ear.
Cures: ear infection
Preparation & use: Squeeze some fresh leaves between your fingers and hands. Drop the liquid generated directly into the infected ear.
Solanum nigrum
Common name: Black nightshade
Cures: 'white spot' in the eye
Preparation & use: Squeeze fresh leaves between your fingers and hands then drop the liquid generated into the eye (1-2 drops)
Cures: 'white spot' in the eye
Preparation & use: Squeeze fresh leaves between your fingers and hands then drop the liquid generated into the eye (1-2 drops)
Solenostemon latifolius
Cures: Skin rashes
Preparation & use: crush fresh leaves and apply directly on the rashes
Preparation & use: crush fresh leaves and apply directly on the rashes
Solenostemon rotandifolius
Common name: Colus
Cures: skin rash, cough
Cures: skin rash, cough
Tamarindus indica L.
Common name: Tamarind
Cures: Typhoid fever
Preparation and use: get a few fruits and add water (shake well). add some honey and lemon juice. Drink 1/2 glass of the mixture three times a day
Cures: Typhoid fever
Preparation and use: get a few fruits and add water (shake well). add some honey and lemon juice. Drink 1/2 glass of the mixture three times a day
Tegetes minuta
Common name: Mexican merigold
Cures: stomachache, stomach worms (de-wormer)
Cures: stomachache, stomach worms (de-wormer)
Tithonia diversifolia
Cures: abdominal pain, malaria, fever
Vangueria apiculata
Cures: intestinal worms, stomachache
Vernonia lasiopus
Cures: fever
Preparation & use: crush fresh leaves & soak in cold water. strain & drink 1/2 glass of the bitter liquid once a day
Preparation & use: crush fresh leaves & soak in cold water. strain & drink 1/2 glass of the bitter liquid once a day
Vernonia amygdalia (compositae/asteracaeae)
Cures: cures malaria, skin rashes (scabies)
Preparation & use: for rashes, crush fresh leaves in a basin of cold water and use to bathe entire body. For malaria, crush fresh leaves and soak in cold water. strain & drink the bitter liquid. alternatively, crush roots and boil in water for half an hour then let it cool. Strain and drink 1/2 glass of the liqud once a day.
Preparation & use: for rashes, crush fresh leaves in a basin of cold water and use to bathe entire body. For malaria, crush fresh leaves and soak in cold water. strain & drink the bitter liquid. alternatively, crush roots and boil in water for half an hour then let it cool. Strain and drink 1/2 glass of the liqud once a day.
Warburgia ugandensis
Cures: cough, backache, fungal infections
Zanthoxylum rubescens
Cures: malaria
Zingiber officinale
Common name: Ginger
Cures: cough, abdominal pain
Preparation & use: grind a reasonable amount of the rhizome then add warm water. Drink the liquid when it has cooled a little. Alternatively add the ground rhizome to tea and drink.
Cures: cough, abdominal pain
Preparation & use: grind a reasonable amount of the rhizome then add warm water. Drink the liquid when it has cooled a little. Alternatively add the ground rhizome to tea and drink.
