Ethnomedicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers to Treat Oral Health Problems in Cameroon

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Medicinal plants specific for oral diseases.

Common names	Scientific names	Parts used	Forms of preparation	Diseases treated	Method of administration
(1)	Ocimum basilicum	Leaves	Deconction	Sinusitis	Sniff hot vapour
(2) Bush pepper	Piper guineense	Fruits	Paste in water	Dental caries	Mouth rinse and direct application
(3) Orange fruits	Citrus sinensis	Leaves	Decoction	Gingivitis	Gargling
(4) Alakata pepper	Aframomum danielli	Seed	Paste	Sore mouth	Rubbing
(5) Aloe vera	Aloe vera	Leaves	Gel	Gingivitis	Rubbing
(6) Banana plant	Musa cavendishii	Roots	Solution	Sore throat	Drinkable
(7) Onion	Allium cepa	Leaves	Paste/deconction	Sore throat, toothache, and dental abscess	Direct application for toothache and gargling of hot fluid for sore throat
(8) Black (bush plum)	Canarium; schweinfurthii	Dried fruits	Baked fruits in water	Tonsillitis	Gaggling
(9) Camelina	Camelina bengalensis	Whole	Drinkable solution	Dry mouth and thrush	Drinking
(10) Cashew	Anacardium occidentale	Unripe fruits	Deconction	Oral syphilis	Mouth rinse
(11) Cypress	Cupressus bethanis	Seed/bark	Mouth rinse solution	Bolous lesion, toothache	Gargling/paste for brushing
(12) Echinacea	Echinacea purpurea	Leaves/stem	Paste	Toothache, sinusitis, and oral cancer	Calm down pain on direct application
(13) Garden eggplant	Solanum torvum	Leaves/roots	Mouth rinse solution	Dry mouth/inflammation	Gargling/drinking
(14) Ginseng	Lepidium meyenii	Roots	Mouth rinse	Inflammation	Gaggling
(15) Hibiscus	Hibiscus esculentus	Leaves	Deconction	Sore throat	Gaggle hot liquid
(16) Chewing stick	Garcinia mannii	Stem	Direct chewing	Arrest caries	Chew stem