Vernonia amygdalina

Traditional uses

Tanzania

• Antidote
• Cough

Africa

• Apertif
• Chewstick
• Dentifrice
• Digestive
• Enteritis
• Gastritis
• Itch
• Scurvy
• Skin
• Stomachic
• Tonic
• Ringworm

Ghana

• Apertif
• Cough
• Purgative

Elsewhere

• Cancer

Ivory Coast

• Fever
• Gonorrhea
• Pneumonia

W Africa

• Infection
• Laxative
• Diuretic

Guinea

• Tonic

S Africa

• Venereal
• Yaws

Angola

• Diarrhea
• Fever

Ethiopia

• Metrorrhagia