Planthology (detail) · The Medicine Chest

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Planthology (detail)

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Description

“For 'Planthology (Bulbine frutescens and Lessertia frutescens)' I sourced two medicinal plant specimens from Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and x-rayed them at Groote Schuur Hospital (#10 and #13). These two local plants offer a wide variety of healing properties and address the lacuna of the chest. The fresh leaves of the Bulbine frutescens produce a jelly-like juice that can be used for burns, rashes, blisters, insect bites, cracked lips, acne, cold sores, mouth ulcers and areas of cracked skin, while an infusion of these leaves in a cup of boiling water can be taken for coughs, colds and arthritis (Harris 2003: online). The Lessertia frutescens is used as an immune booster in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, as a medicine in the treatment of chicken pox, internal cancers, colds, asthma, TB, bronchitis, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, liver problems, haemorrhoids, piles, bladder and uterus problems, diarrhoea, dysentery, stomach ailments, heartburn, peptic ulcers, backache, diabetes, varicose veins and inflammation (Xaba & Notten 2003: online)” (Liebenberg 2021: 269).

Curriculum

Philosophia Botanica See all items with this value

Creator

Nina Liebenberg See all items with this value

Date Created

2018

Source

Chest: a botanical ecology

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pathology See all items with this value

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medicine chest See all items with this value

healing See all items with this value

immunity See all items with this value

skin See all items with this value

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chicken pox See all items with this value

cancers See all items with this value

cold See all items with this value

asthma See all items with this value

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bronchitis See all items with this value

rheumatism See all items with this value

arthritis See all items with this value

bladder See all items with this value

diarrhoea See all items with this value

dysentery See all items with this value

heartburn See all items with this value

peptic ulcers, See all items with this value

backache See all items with this value

diabetes See all items with this value

inflammation See all items with this value

Type

Artwork

Contributor

Nina Liebenberg

Item sets

99_LBNNIN001

Philosophia Botanica

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