Transcript USE OF INDIGENOUS PLANTS - Teaching Biology Project

TRADITIONAL HEALERS
DEVIL’S CLAW
Harpagophytum
devils’ claw
Uses of devil’s claw
 Only plant of SA in European
Pharmacopoeia.
 Tubers (underground stems) are
used.
 Relieves fever and pains.
 Against hypertension.
 Stimulates apetite.
 Ointment for sores, rashes and
boils.
 Relief pain during pregnancy.
Sutherlandia frutescens
Cancer bush
Use of Sutherlandia
 Used by sufferers
from cancer and
HIV/AIDS.
 Boosts immune
system.
 Cannot cure, but
helps fight disease.
Hypoxis – African potato
 Boosts immune
system.
 Aids fight against
HIV/AIDS –
cannot cure,
however.
African potatoe
 Tuber (root) used.
 Boost immune system.
 Stimulates formation of
CD4-cells.
 Decreases negative effects of
chemotherapy.
 Improves mobility of
rheumatoid arthritis
sufferers.
 Supports treatment of XDR
TB.
Hypoxis
Hoodia
Suppresses apetite
 Hoodia gordonii
used by San to
suppress appetite
in times of
famine.
Hoodia
 Hoodia hailed as
new wonder
slimming “drug”.
Rooibos tea
Aspalathus linearis
Rooibos tea
 Clanwilliam centre
of rooibos tea
cultivation.
 Rooibos grows in
poor soil.
 Plant contains little
nitrogen, is not
eaten by cattle.
Use of Aspalathus Rooibos is dried.
 Green tea also
produced.
 Contain a lot of antioxidants e.g. Vit. C.
 No caffein, little tannin.
 Used as tea, also in
cosmetics.
ROOIBOS TEA
Buchu
Agathosma betulina
Using buchu
 diuretic
 Stimulates kidney
function
 Cysticitis
 Chest congestion and
coupghing
 Reliefs pain and
rhuematic pain.
Artemisia
African wormwood/ wilde-als
 Bronchial problems.
 Gastritis, poor digestion,
wind, colic.
 Poor appetite.
 Intestinal parasites,
constipation.
 Anti-malaria
medication.
Artemisia-factory in Tanzania
WARNING
 HERBS CAN BE DEADLY.
 USE UNDER SUPERVISION OF QUALIFIED
PERSON.
 HERBAL REMEDIES CAN KILL IF NOT USED
CORRECTLY.
 CONSULT YOUR MEDICAL PRACTITIONER.