SAYE: Herbal Tea Combats Malaria
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 17:20
in Health & Medicine
Malaria is a critical health problem in West Africa, 11 percent of deaths are related to it, but for a variety of reasons they have more confidence in alternative medicine than they do modern health care practices. However, some herbal medicines work and an analysis of the pharmacological properties of an herbal medication derived from Cochlospermum planchonii (a shrubby weed known as N'Dribala), Phyllanthus amarus and Cassia alata shows that it may be the case with SAYE, which means “jaundice” in the Dioula language. When combined with leaves and aerial portions of the latter two plants and formulated as a tea, C. planchonii read more