Bathe the baby to make it strong and healthy: Plant use and child care among Saramaccan Maroons in Suriname

Plants used for treating respiratory infections in rural Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

“…In the study done by Savithramma et al (2007) Euphorbia tirucalli was recorded as one of the plants used in treating asthma in India, while Psidium guajava was one of the plants found to be used against asthma, bronchitis, cold and cough in a Guatemalan study (Caceres et al, 1991). Psidium guajava is also used worldwide against respiratory infections and fever (Jaiarj et al, 1999;Cano and Volpato, 2004;Gautam et al, 2007;Ruysschaert et al, 2009). In an Ethiopian study, seven plant species were tested for antimycobacterial activity and the species showing the most significant activity was Combretum molle (Asres et al, 2001), which is also recorded in our study.…”

“…Allergy and headache in children (Harsha et al, 2002); asthma (Njoroge and Bussmann, 2006) asthma and bronchitis (Abdelrahim et al, 2002); bronchial allergies and influenza, when combined with Allium cepa and Citrus sinensis (Ceuterick et al, 2008); cold and cough (Upadhyay et al, 2010); cold, cough, fever, sore throat and other respiratory complaints (Gutiérrez et al, 2008); cough and pulmonary disorders (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk, 1962); cough (Chinemana et al, 1985;Abbiw, 1990;Girón et al, 1991;Tabuti et al, 2003;Gautam et al, 2007;Ssegawa and Kasenene, 2007); cough and sore throat (Pradhan and Badola, 2008); fever in babies (Ruysschaert et al, 2009); headache and throat problems (Albuquerque et al, 2007); Unspecified respiratory problems (Cano and Volpato, 2004); TB (Kisangau et al, 2007;Chinsembu and Hedimbi, 2010) (b) It is used in combination with Eucalyptus grandis, Senecio serratuloides and Lippia javanica, as described previously (at Eucalyptus grandis), to treat cough, fever and a runny nose. Leaves 1 Take one whole leaf, and heat on the stove until extremely hot.…”

An ethnopharmacological survey of the traditional medicine utilized in the community of Porvenir, Bajo Paraguá Indian Reservation, Bolivia

“…A community in Pernambuco, Brazil utilizes it to treat cough, bronchitis and weakness, Ese'eja in Bolivia use it to treat cough (Alexiades, 1999) and two Mexican Maya groups treat respiratory and gastrointestinal problems with paquió (Leonti et al, 2003). The bath prepared from the leaves of the plant is applied to strengthen the bones of babies in Surinam (Ruysschaert et al, 2009). The chemical compounds identified in the fruit of paquió are mainly diterpenes and sesquiterpenes (Abdel-Kader et al, 2002); among them, krotomachlin and labdanolate have anti-inflammatory effects due to their cyclooxygenase and lipid peroxidation inhibitory activities (Jayaprakasam et al, 2007).…”

Consequences of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on Medicinal Plant Selection: Plant Use for Cultural Bound Syndromes Affecting Children in Suriname and Western Africa

“…The large percentage of such weeds and domesticates used by African mothers rather suggests that women in general search for herbal medicine in the limited space around their houses and villages, areas often abundant in domesticated and weedy species [66], [67].…”