Seeds of Species with Analgesic (pain-relief) Properties :

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="04afd5a3.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B>The Botanical Source</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="04bd2063.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Botanical Source"><U><B><IMG SRC="107b8d140.png" border=0 width="141" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/shop" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/shop"><U><IMG SRC="11958d140.png" border=0 width="141" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seed Catalogue :"><U><IMG SRC="11948d140.png" border=0 width="141" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/shop/index.php?cPath=28&osCsid=5d55fa2bee3df7b388a151625a1e9916" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/shop/i"><U><IMG SRC="11938d140.png" border=0 width="141" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles about African indigenous healin"><U><IMG SRC="10828d140.png" border=0 width="141" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><IMG SRC="11928d140.png" border=0 width="141" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Gallery"><U><IMG SRC="11918d140.png" border=0 width="141" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div>   <script type="text/javascript" src="http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">_qacct="p-41ZhKYiACxjoQ";quantserve();</script> <noscript> <a href="http://www.quantcast.com/p-41ZhKYiACxjoQ" target="_blank"><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-41ZhKYiACxjoQ.gif" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/></a> </noscript>   </div> <div>  <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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The plant also enters into the initiation rites of women.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Linum thunbergii</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Used by the Sotho for pain, and also as a protective charm for homes.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Mimosa cinerea</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> (synonyms = Desmanthus nutans, Desmanthus trichostachys. There are two other Desmanthus species currently used as ayahuasca analogues, perhaps Mimosa cinerea has a similar chemical profile.)</div> <div> Roots are an ingredient in a decoction taken to ease pain or rubbed into incisions cut over the painful area.</div> <div> The root is used in East Africa as an aphrodisiac.</div> <div> Bark is used as a ritual cleanser or for ritual cleansing.</div> <div> The Pedi & Lobedu of South Africa use the pods to remove evil spirits.</div> <div> The presence of alkaloids and saponins have been indicated in the roots and leaves.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Myrothamnus flabellifolius</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Young leaves are smoked in pipes for analgesic effects.</div> <div> Early settlers used the plant to alleviate pain, and Shona healers administer medicines from the plant to cure madness.</div> <div> In Tanganyika, the fruit of the plant M. flabellifolia - a well known medicinal plant used in various regions of Northern Africa - is smoked with tobacco or as a tobacco substitute.</div> <div> The Zulus call it `uvukwabafile' and also snuff the leaves.</div> <div> The leaves are snuffed by the Ndebele to chase away evil spirits.</div> <div> Plants are used to bring good luck in Zimbabwe.</div> <div> Also used as a tonic; an infusion of the plant is drunk by the Zulu's as a restorative.</div> <div> http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/id268.htm describes a Myrothamnus that is smoked for psychoactive effects in Madagascar (off the coast of Southern Africa). </div> <div> <B>[ </B><A HREF="id336.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vukwabafile Myrothamnus flabellifolius"><U><B>Click here for to buy M. flabellifolius herb</B></U></A><B>. ]</B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Passerina filiformis `Kannabos'</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The Hottentots drink a decoction for analgesic effects.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Peltophorum africanum</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The leaves are used in washes to expel evil spirits.</div> <div> Roots are used for backache and abdominal pain.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Pittosporum viridiflorum</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Root infusions are used for accuracy in divining.</div> <div> Roots and bark are also used as aphrodisiacs, and are sometimes added to beer. </div> <div> Bark decoctions also have analgesic (pain-killing) and calming effects (sedative).</div> <div> Active saponins have been isolated from the plant.</div> <div> <B>[ </B><A HREF="id314.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Umfusamvu Pittosporum viridiflorum"><U><B>Click here to buy P. viridiflorum bark</B></U></A><B>. ]</B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Pterocarpus angolensis</U> :</div> <div> Used for magical purposes.</div> <div> Roots are used for general body pains, and as aphrodisiacs.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Ranunculus multifidus</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Leaves are used as a cleanser and for pain by the Xhosa.</div> <div> The Sotho use smoke from the burning plants as inhalants for headaches.</div> <div> Powdered leaves are used as snuff by the Tswana.</div> <div> Contains the glycoside, ranuculin, which is converted enzymatically into the irritant volatile oil, protoanemonin.</div> <div> Aqueous extracts from whole plants show some anti-microbial activity.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Rubus ludwigii & Rubus rigidus</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The Swazi's take the powdered root of R. ludwigii and a decoction of the root or root bark of R. rigidus as a pain-reliever.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Roots are used for many purposes in Zimbabwe including to arouse or prevent possession from spirits.</div> <div> Bark decoctions are taken as teas twice a day to strengthen the heart.</div> <div> Widely used for abdominal pain.</div> <div> The bark and roots are used to make a cleansing medicine for the stomach.</div> <div> The Vhavenda use bark for headache, toothache, and backache.</div> <div> The `Marula' fruit is made into the world's 2nd most widely sold liqueur (called Amarula).</div> <div> The natural fruit juice is also used in certain Shangaan and Thonga religious ceremonies.</div> <div> Unknown parts are also used by the Shangaan to facilitate divination (probably the bark).</div> <div> The Zulu's have multiple uses for this plant including to arouse or prevent possession from spirits, to facilitate divination, to prevent possession by evil spirits, an intoxicant, magical purposes, ritual cleansing, a tonic for weakness, and to transfer qualities of fertility & tenderness.</div> <div> The fruit falls off the tree and ripens on the ground. It is collected and taken home, eaten or used to make a beer called `bukanye'. The pips are removed from the fruit by boiling it in water. The skin comes off and is discarded and the flesh can be separated from the pip. The pips are stored for use later and the flesh is usually eaten or allowed to ferment to make beer.</div> <div> <B>[ </B><A HREF="id324.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Umganu Sclerocarya birrea"><U><B>Click here to buy S. birrea bark</B></U></A><B>. ]</B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Stephania abyssinica</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Pain-killing and tranquillizing effects are known from this species.</div> <div> The root also has aphrodisiac effects.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Strychnos spinosa</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Narcotic effects are reported from Mauritius.</div> <div> Roots are used as an aphrodisiac in Zimbabwe.</div> <div> Root and leaf decoctions are used as analgesics in central Africa.</div> <div> The alkaloid harmin has been found in bark and leaves of Strychnos usambarensis.</div> <div> <B>[ </B><A HREF="id450.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strychnos spinosa leaf"><U><B>Click here to buy S. spinosa leaf</B></U></A><B>. ]</B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Sutherlandia frutescens</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The seeds and leaves are smoked by labourers as a cannabis substitute in Namaqualand. </div> <div> The leaves are sedative when smoked. </div> <div> The leaves are also smoked for extreme pain.</div> <div> <B>[ </B><A HREF="id346.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wildegansie Sutherlandia frutescens"><U><B>Click here to buy S. frutescens herb</B></U></A><B>. ]</B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Tecomaria capensis</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Powdered bark relieves pain, is a sedative, and induces sleep.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Trema orientalis</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Pods and seeds are used for tired muscles and aching bones.</div> <div> Leaves are used as tonics.</div> <div> Leaf extracts produce significant analgesic activity.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Ximenia americana</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Leaf decoctions are taken for toothache.</div> <div> Powdered root is taken in beer as an aphrodisiac.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Zanthoxylum capense</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Roots are used for impotency.</div> <div> Roots are also used for chest pains, while dried ground rootbark is directly applied for toothache.</div> <div> Bark is used as a tonic and blood purifier.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/shop/index.php?cPath=30" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/shop/i"><U><B>Click here to buy seeds</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>  Subscribe to The Botanical Source free newsletter:<br><br> <form action="http://freeautobot.com/cgi-bin/autores/autores.cgi" target="_blank"> <input type=hidden name="do" value="add_lead_external"> <input type=hidden name="Username" value="botanical"> <input type=hidden name="Stop_Status" value="Active"> <input type=hidden name="Cycle_Number" value="0"> <input type=hidden name="Success_URL" value="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/id310.htm"> <input type=hidden name="Failure_URL" value="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/id309.htm"> <input type=hidden name="Notes" value="Added from opt-in form"> Email : <input type=text name="Email" value=""><br> <input type=submit value="Submit"> </form>   </B></div> <div> <B>[ Opens a new window. ]</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Privacy Policy</U></B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> :</B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">We do not publish or share your email address with anyone.</B></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seed Catalogue :"><U><B>Return to Seed Catalogue</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/shop" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/shop"><U><B>Return to Herbal Products</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <div>  <script language=JavaScript>  </script>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>