A review of Khoi-San and Cape Dutch medical ethnobotany

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-341

  van Wyk, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape herbal medicine; Ethnobotany; Khoikhoi; Medicinal plants; San; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AGATHOSMA BETULINA EXTRACT; AGATHOSMA CRENULATA EXTRACT; ARCTOPUS ECHINATUS EXTRACT; ARCTOPUS MONOCANTHUS EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA AFRA EXTRACT; ASCLEPIAS CRISPA EXTRACT; ASPALATHUS LINEARIS EXTRACT; ATHANASIA CUNEIFOLIA EXTRACT; BALLOTA AFRICANA EXTRACT; BOOPHONE DISTICHA EXTRACT; BULBINE ALOOIDES EXTRACT; BULBINE ASPHODELOIDES EXTRACT; BULBINE FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; BULBINE LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; CANNABIS; CARPOBROTUS ACINACIFORMIS EXTRACT; CARPOBROTUS EDULIS EXTRACT; CISSAMPELOS CAPENSIS EXTRACT; CONYZA SCABRIDA EXTRACT; COTYLEDON ORBICULATA EXTRACT; CYCLOPIA GENISTOIDES EXTRACT; DATURA EXTRACT; EMODIN; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MATERIA MEDICA; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ASTHMA; BLADDER DISEASE; BURN; CAPE HERBAL MEDICINE; COMMON COLD; CONTUSION; COUGHING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIPHTHERIA; DYSENTERY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPILEPSY; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GONORRHEA; HEART DISEASE; HELMINTHIASIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOODIA; HYPERSALIVATION; INFLUENZA; KHOI SAN MEDICINE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MASSAGE; MEASLES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUTH INFECTION; NAUSEA; NOMENCLATURE; OTALGIA; PELARGONIUM; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCALD; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; SORE THROAT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPRAIN; STOMACH DISEASE; STROKE; SYPHILIS; THORAX DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WOUND;

ANIMALS; ETHNOBOTANY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

FUNGI; HOODIA; PELARGONIUM;

EID: 53449091761     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.021     Document Type: Review

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