Rivea hypocrateriformis (Desr.) Choisy: An Overview of Its Ethnomedicinal Uses, Phytochemistry, and Biological Activities and Prospective Research Directions

Table 1

Ethnomedicinal uses of R. hypocrateriformis.

Plant part used	Method of administration	Usage	References
Whole plant and root	The plant juice/paste is orally taken	Treatment of snake bite	[22–24]
Whole plant	Powder	Piles and heart disease	[25]
Leaves	Cooked	Indigestion	[26]
Whole plant	Powder	Constipation	[27]
Leaves	Paste	Diarrhoea	[28,29]
Whole plant	Powder	Diuretic	[30]
Whole plant	Powder	Laxative	[30]
Stem	Powder	Cough and headache	[26]
Leaves	Juice with cow’s milk	Rheumatic pain	[31]
Leaves	Juice	Skin disease of hair scalp	[31]
Whole plant and root	Plant juice/paste taken orally	Snake bite treatment	[23,24,32]
Root	Decoction	Fever	[33]
Leaves	Powder	Urogenital problem (hematuria)	[34]
Leaves	Powder	Blood purifier	[35]
Root	Paste	Cough, swelling and headache, poisonous animals bite	[22–24]
Leaves	Internal use	Stomach wounds	[36]
Leaves	Internal use (cooked)	Stomach upset and indigestion	[37,38]
Root	Powder	After parturition	[16]