Table 2 Traditional recipes and patient-reported clinical outcomes in children under 5 years of age with fever in Dembia district, Northwest Ethiopia
From: Treatments used for malaria in young Ethiopian children: a retrospective study
Plant species used | Plant part | Preparation | No of cases reporting use | No of cases reporting clinical recovery (%) | No of treatment failures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cured | Improved | |||||
Allium sativum (Liliaceae) | Bulb | Decoction | 35 | 18 (53%) | 17 (49%) | 0 |
Justicia schimperina (Hochst) Dandy. (Acanthaceae). | Leaf | Maceration | 16 | 11 (69%) | 4 (25%) | 1 (6%) |
Buddleja polystachya (Scrophulariaceae) | Leaf | Maceration/Infusion | 16 | 9 (56%) | 6 (38%) | 1 (6%) |
Phytolacca dodecandra (Phytolaccaceae) | Root | Maceration/decoction | 16 | 8 (50%) | 8 (50%) | 0 |
Verbena officinalis (Verbenaceae) | Leaf/aerial part | Maceration | 5 | 3 (60%) | 2 (40%) | 0 |
Ocimum lamiifolium (Lamiaceae) | Leaf | Infusion | 5 | 2 (40%) | 3 (60%) | 0 |
Allium sativum (Liliaceae) + Brassica nigra (Cruciferaceae) | Bulb/seed | Maceration | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Brassica nigra (Cruciferaceae) + Honey | Seed | Decoction | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Zehneria scabra (Cucurbitaceae) | Arial part | Inhalations | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae) | Rhizome | Infusion | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Achyranthes aspera L. (Amaranthaceae) | Leaf | Infusion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clerodendrum myricoides (Lamiaceae) | Leaf | Maceration | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Allium sativum (Liliaceae) + Verbena officinalis (Verbenaceae) | Bulb/aerial part | Decoction | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Honey + Allium sativum (Liliaceae) | Bulb | Infusion | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ocimum lamiifolium (Lamiaceae) + Zehneriascabra (Cucurbitaceae) | Leaf/aerial part | Infusion | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Honey + Brassica nigra (Cruciferaceae) |  | Infusion | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Total | Â | Â | 109 | 60 (55.0%) | 47 (43.1%) | 2 (1.8%) |