Prevalence, Perception and Predictors of Concomitant Herbal Medicine Use among HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Patients in Metekel Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Herbal remedies used by HIV and TB patients while on conventional treatment, methods of preparation, and parts used, in Metekel zone, northwest Ethiopia.
Scientific name
Common name
Frequency n(%)
Used for
Plant part used
Preparation and administration
Allium sativum L.
Nech-shinkurt (A) Garlic (E)
124 (57.41)
Cough, general well-being, common cold, sore throat to improve appetite, tonsillitis, swelling, gout (together with honey), and kurtimat (arthritis)
Bulb
The bulb is chewed and swallowed, crushed and boiled in water, and taken as a tea used with food
Zingier officinale roscoe
Zinjibil (A) Ginger (E)
108 (50.00)
Cough, general well-being, sore throat, to improve appetite, and the common cold
Rhizome
Rhizomes are chewed. Rhizomes are freshly pulverized and then boiled; the decoction is taken while warm
Ruta chalapensis L.
Tena’Adam (A) Rue (E)
40 (18.52)
Cough, common cold, and mich (rash)
Leaf
Infusion of the leaf in hot tea or coffee to be taken orally
Moringa stenopetala (baker f.) cufod
Shiferaw (A) Moringa (E)
34 (15.28)
Cough, common cold, several illnesses, well-being, asthma, and hypertension
Leaf seed
The fresh or dried moringa leaf or seed pounded prepared as a tea
Nigella sativa L.
Tikur-azmud (A) black cumin (E)
14 (6.48)
Mich (rash) and cough
Seed
The powdered seed is mixed with water
Zheneria scabra sond
Haregresa (A)
13 (6.02)
Mitch (rash)
Leaf
Fresh leaves are crushed and the volatile substance is inhaled nasally
Breast swelling
Root
Boiling with water and administered orally
Ocimum lamiifolium hochst
Damakase (A)
13 (5.56)
Common cold, cough, and mitch
Leaf
Fresh leaves are milled, the juice is prepared and then taken orally
Sedo (A)
7 (3.24)
Peptic ulcer disease and appetite
Leaf
Crushed and mixed with juices of cereals, then eaten with porridge or injera
Unknown herb
6 (2.78)
Herpes zoster and hepatitis
Taken orally
Capsicum annuum L.
Karia (A)
5 (2.31)
Appetite and tonsillitis
Fruit
Chewed with food
Eucalyptus globules labill.
Bahirzaf (A) Eucalyptus (E)
3 (1.39)
Mitch (rash)
Leaf
The leaves are grounded and macerated in water, then four red hot stones are transferred into the mix and fumigated
Apis mellifera L.
Honey (E)
3 (1.39)
Arthritis and cold
Taken orally
A: Amharic, E: English; reporting use of multiple herbal medicines were possible.
