Basotho Medicinal Plants / Meriana ya dimela tsa Basotho - Second Edition

Rodney Moffett

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As a Mosotho I believe this publication assists in documenting the deep indigenous knowledge of our forefathers and helps preserve the proud tradition of the Basotho Nation.Dr Chris NhlapoVice-Chancellor, Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyThis publication is an important contribution to the documentation of medicinal plant use by the Basotho. It contains a comprehensive list of known medicinal plants, their up-to-date scientific names, their vernacular names, as well as their uses. This book will appeal to experts, as well as to readers who are unfamiliar with traditional medicinal plant uses.Professor Ntsamaeeng MoteeteeDepartment of Botany and Plant Technology, University of Johannesburg

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• Littérature Sud-Africaine
• Littérature sud-africaine
• Basotho
• Pediatrics
• Sotho people
• Herbalism
• Moffett
• List of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED factions
• Basuto
• Plants

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• Publié par: UJ Press
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781920382872
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 22 Mo

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BASOTHO MEDICINAL PLANTS

MERIANA YA DIMELA TSA BASOTHO

Rodney Mofett

BASOTHO MEDICINAL PLANTS

MERIANA YA DIMELA TSA BASOTHO

BASOTHO MEDICINAL PLANTS | MERIANA YA DIMELA TSA BASOTHO

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First edition 2016

ISBN: 978-1-920382-86-5 (Print) ISBN: 978-1-920382-87-2 (e-book) DOI: https://doi.org/10.18820/9781920382872

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Contents

Foreword|Lentswe la puloi ................................................................... Acknowledgements|Dîteboho............................................................. iv Introducïon|Selelekela....................................................................... v Dîsclaîmer|Boîtokollo......................................v....ii................................

PART 1|KAROLO YA 1 Medïcïna caegorïes and pans used / Mekgaheo ya merïana le dimelatse sebedisitswe ............................................................................ 1 1.1.Ya bana /Paedîatrîc....................................................................... 3 1.2.E seng ya bana /Non-paedîatrîc..................................................... 6 1.3. Mekgaheo ya merïana /Medîcîna categorîes............................. 34

PART 2|KAROLO YA 2 Medïcïna uses arranged aphabecay accordïng o Sesoho names of he pan / Dïshebedïso sa merïana dï hophïwe ka aeo ya alfabete ya mabitso a dimela a Sesotho ................................................. 41

References|Mehlodî............................................................................ 179

FOREWORD

I am extremely honoured to have this opportunity to write a foreword for the bookBasotho Medîcîna Pants – Merîana ya Dîmea tsa Basotho. Fïrs-hand experïence has augh me ha ïn addïon o food and beverages, plants are used ïn many dïeren ways by the Basotho people, with almost every plant being used in some way. These uses range from farm implements (for example, making sleighs for carrying the harvest home), buïdïng maerïas, irewood, musical instruments (such as the instrument known as “lesiba”), basketry, magic, garments (Gazania krebsîana–tsîkîtane, for example, used for making skirts for young girls), beauty, and most importantly, for numerous medicinal purposes. Medicinal plants are indeed an extremely important part of the culture of the Basotho people, whether they reside in Lesotho or the Free State Province of South Africa.

This book, which focuses on medicinal plants only, contains a ransaon of par of he auhor’s book “Sesotho Plant and Animal Names and Plants used by the Basotho” (2010). As such, the book

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LENTSWE LA PULO

Ke mooo hahoohoo ho ba e monyetla wa ho ngola lentswe la pulo bakeng sa buka enaMerîana ya Dîmea tsa Basotho–Basotho Medîcîna Pants. Tsebo eo ke nang e yona e nhue hore hammoho le dijo le dino, dimela di sebediswa ka tsela tse ngata tse fapaneng ke batho ba Basotho, mme boholo ba dimela bo sebediswa ka tsela e itseng. Ditshebediso tsena di tloha ho disebediswa tsa polasing (ka mohlala, ho etsa diselei tse isang kotulo hae), disebediswa tsa ho aha, dibeso, diletswa tsa mmino (jwalo ka seletswa se bitswang “lesiba”), diroto, maselamose, diaparo (Gazanîa krebsîana–tsîkîtane, mohlala, e sebediswa ho etsa mese ya letheka bakeng sa banana), botle, le sa bohokwa ho fesa, bakeng sa mabaka a mangata a meriana. Dimela tsa meriana e feela e le karolo ya bohlokwahadi ya botjhaba ba batho ba Basotho, hore na ba dula Lesotho kapa Porofenseng ya Foreistata ya Afrika Borwa.

Buka ena, e shebanang le dimela tsa meriana feela, ke phetolelo ya karolo ya buka ya mongodi e leng “Sesotho Plant and Animal Names and Plants used by the Basotho” (2010). Buka eo e fana ka tlatsetso ya bohlokwa ho dingolwa tsa tshebediso ya dimela tsa meriana ke Basotho, haholo hobane e ngotswe ka puo ya sebakeng seo buka e buwang ka

ForEworD | LENtSwE la pulo

makes an ïmporan conrïbuon o he documenaon of medïcïna plant use by the Basotho, more so because ï ïs wrïen ïn a vernacuar language. Sesotho readers who are no luen ïn readïng wrïen Engïsh wï ind ï especïay worhwhïe. Whïe he documenaon of he ethnobotany of the Basotho, parcuary ehnomedïcïnes, has gathered momentum in recent years, this book is so far the only one of its kind.

Although I was exposed to radïona medïcïna pan use a a young age, my passïon for hïs ied developed only fairly recently, so it ïs ïndeed grafyïng o come across people such as Rodney, who shares my eagerness to ensure that this knowedge ïs recorded. Sesoho- speakïng boanïss wï ind hïs book parcuary vauabe because it provides a quick reference for scïenic names whïch are no always easy to remember.

The book provides a comprehensive list of all known medicinal plants, heïr up-o-dae scïenic names, a their known vernacular names, as well as their uses. Therefore even readers who are unfamiliar with radïona medïcïna pan use wï ind ï very ïnformave.

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sona. Dibadi tsa Sesotho tse sa thelleng ka ho bala Senyesemane se ngotsweng di tla una molemo o moholo. Leha ho ngolwa ha thuto ya mahlale a dikamano tse pakeng tsa batho le dimela (ethnobotany) tsa Basotho, haholo thuto kapa papiso ya meriana ya setso e sebediswang ke dihlopha tsa batho ba sebaka se itseng (ethnomedîcînes), ho ntse ho hola dilemong tsa morao tjena, buka ena ho ihea jwae ke yona feea ya mofuta ona.

Leha ke tsebile ka setso sa tshebediso ya dimela tsa meriana ke sa le monyane dilemong, lerato la ka la lekala lena le sa swa hahea hauinyane, kahoo ho molemo ruri ho kopana le batho ba tshwanang le Rodney, bao le bona ba batlang ho netefatsa hore tsebo ena e ngolwa fatshe. Ditsebi tsa dimela tse buwang Sesotho di tla fumana molemo o mongata bukeng ena hobane e fana ka referense e potlakileng ya mabitso a mahlale a sa hopoleheng habonolo kamehla.

Bukana ena e fana ka lenane le phethahetseng la dimela tsohle tse tsejwang tsa meriana, mabitso a tsona a hajwale a mahlale, mabitso a tsona tsohle a Sesotho a tsejwang, hammoho le ditshebediso tsa tsona. Kahoo e dïbadï se sa sebeng hahoo ka tshebediso ya setso ya dimela tsa meriana di tla fumana lesedi le lengata bukeng ena.

With numerous illnesses plaguing the world, especially Africa, as well as the prevalence of resistant mïcro-organïsms ïn he wake of wïdespread anbïoc use, he search for new medicinal drugs, parcuary ïn pan form, has become extremely important. And this search begins with proper documenaon, o whïch hïs book ïs a vïa irs sep.

Professor Ntsamaeeng Annah Moteetee, Ph.D. Department of Botany and Pant Bîotechnoogy Unîversîty of Johannesburg

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Kaha hona e mafu a mangaa a hlasetseng lefatshe, haholo Afrika, hammoho le boteng bo bongata ba dikokwanahloko tse hanang pheko ka lebaka la tshebediso e nammeng ya dïanbïoc, pao ya merïana e mejha, haholo ka mokgwa wa dimela, e se e le bohlokwa haholo. Mme patlo ena e qala ka dingolwa tse hlophisitsweng hantle, mme buka ena ke mohato wa pele wa bohlokwa wa seo.

Moprofesara Ntsamaeeng Annah Moteetee, Ph.D. Lefapha a Botany and Pant Bîotechnoogy Yunîvesîthî ya Johannesburg