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Treatments
A
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B
(192)
C
(331)
D
(176)
E
(72)
F
(108)
G
(65)
H
(126)
I
(109)
J
(15)
K
(13)
L
(39)
M
(92)
N
(22)
O
(11)
P
(144)
R
(73)
S
(253)
T
(105)
U
(41)
V
(27)
W
(66)
List of Treatments starting with W
Wart, treat - Asclepias fruticosa - Latex - Fresh
Wart, treat - Catharanthus roseus - Sap - Unspecified
Water retention, treat - Peucedanum galbanum - Leaves - Infusion
Weakness, body, treat - Adansonia digitata - Bark - Decoction
Weakness, body, treat - Adansonia digitata - Root - Decoction
Weakness, body, treat - Terminalia sericea - Root - Powdered
Weakness, body, treat - Terminalia sericea - Root - Unspecified
Weaning, assist - Cannabis sativa var. indica - Seed - Ground
Weaning, assist - Heteropyxis natalensis - Leaves - Fresh
Weaning, assist - Heteropyxis natalensis - Leaves - Infusion
Weaning, assist - Hypoxis hemerocallidea - Stems and leaves - Unspecified
Weight, increase (fatten) - Adansonia digitata - Fruit and bark - Infusion
Weight, increase (fatten) - Kigelia africana - Fruit - Unspecified
Well-being, ensure/stimulate - Cannabis sativa var. indica - Leaves and flowers - Cigar/cigarette/pipe
Whooping cough, treat - Tarchonanthus camphoratus - Root - Decoction
Whooping cough, treat -Salvia africana-caerulea - Leaves - Infusion
Whooping cough, treat -Salvia chameleagnea - Leaves and flowers - Infusion
Witchcraft/sorcery, prevent - Alepidea amatymbica - Root, tuberous - Unspecified
Witchcraft/sorcery, return effects/counteract - Withania somnifera - Plant - Unspecified
Worms (Ascaris), expel - Oncosiphon suffruticosum - Unspecified - Unspecified
Worms, intestinal, expel (anthelmintic/vermifuge) - Artemisia afra - Leaves - Ground
Worms, intestinal, expel (anthelmintic/vermifuge) - Artemisia afra - Stems and leaves - Infusion
Worms, intestinal, expel (anthelmintic/vermifuge) - Terminalia sericea - Root - Decoction
Worms, intestinal, expel (anthelmintic/vermifuge) - Trichilia emetica - Bark - Unspecified
Worms, kill (vermicide) - Withania somnifera - Root - Refer to notes
Worms, treat - Geranium incanum - Leaves - Infusion
Worms/other parasites - Lippia javanica - Leaves - Pounded
Wound/s, infected/septic, treat - Athrixia phylicoides - Leaves - Infusion
Wound/s, infected/septic, treat - Melianthus major - Leaf - Poultice
Wound/s, infected/septic, treat - Xysmalobium undulatum - Root - Mixed
Wound/s, prevent infection - Helichrysum petiolare - Leaves - Unspecified
Wound/s, treat - Agathosma betulina - Leaves - Dried
Wound/s, treat - Agathosma betulina - Leaves - Infusion
Wound/s, treat - Alepidea amatymbica - Leaves - Bruised
Wound/s, treat - Aloe ferox - Leaves - Dried
Wound/s, treat - Aloe ferox - Leaves - Fresh
Wound/s, treat - Aloe ferox - Sap/juice, leaf - Extracted
Wound/s, treat - Ballota africana - Plant - Infusion
Wound/s, treat - Capparis tomentosa - Root - Unspecified
Wound/s, treat - Carpobrotus edulis - Leaf pulp - Fresh
Wound/s, treat - Cliffortia odorata - Unspecified - Infusion
Wound/s, treat - Dichrostachys cinerea - Bark and leaves - Extract
Wound/s, treat - Euclea natalensis - Root - Dried
Wound/s, treat - Kigelia africana - Leaves - Unspecified
Wound/s, treat - Kigelia africana - Stems and twigs - Unspecified
Wound/s, treat - Leonotis leonurus - Leaves and stem and flower - Decoction
Wound/s, treat - Lippia javanica - Leaves - Pounded
Wound/s, treat - Melianthus comosus - Plant - Unspecified
Wound/s, treat - Melianthus major - Leaves - Decoction
Wound/s, treat - Mentha longifolia - Leaves - Infusion
Wound/s, treat - Pelargonium betulinum - Leaves - Pounded
Wound/s, treat - Pelargonium cucullatum - Leaf - Crushed, warmed
Wound/s, treat - Pelargonium peltatum - Leaves - Pounded
Wound/s, treat - Pentanisia prunelloides - Root - Pounded
Wound/s, treat - Securidaca longepedunculata - Root - Unspecified
Wound/s, treat - Sutherlandia frutescens - Leaves - Boiled
Wound/s, treat - Sutherlandia frutescens - Leaves or above ground parts - Decoction
Wound/s, treat - Terminalia sericea - Bark - Decoction
Wound/s, treat - Terminalia sericea - Bark - Refer to notes
Wound/s, treat - Terminalia sericea - Bark - Unspecified
Wound/s, treat - Terminalia sericea - Leaves - Unspecified
Wound/s, treat - Withania somnifera - Leaf - Boiled
Wound/s, treat - Withania somnifera - Leaves - Unspecified
Wound/s, treat - Xysmalobium undulatum - Latex - Fresh
Wound/s, treat - Zantedeschia aethiopica - Leaves - Fresh
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