Table 2.
Folklore medicine used for Streptococcal diseases or diseases with similar clinical Presentations.
| Folklore Medicinal Plant | Targeted Disease Condition |
|---|---|
| Agrimonia eupatoria L. | Acute sore throat and chronic nasopharyngeal catarrh [118,119] |
| Arnica montana L. | Inflammation of oral, throat region [99,120,121] |
| Lonicera japonica Thunb. | Erysipelas, pharyngitis, upper respiratory infection [100] |
| Morella cerifera (L.) Small | Cold and sore throat [101,122] |
| Parmentiera aculeate (Kunth) Seem | Otitis media [123] |
| Adansonia digitata L. | Otitis media [102,124] |
| Anacardium occidentale L. | Sore throat [103,125] |
| Uvaria chamae P. Beauv. | Sore throat [64,126,127] |
| Adansonia digitata L. | Inflamed gums and infected teeth [128] |
| Carica papaya L. | Toothache [129] |
| Hyoscyamus niger L. | Toothache [130,131] |
| Eucalypthus camaldulensis Dehn. | |
| Anacardium occidentale L. | Toothache, sore gums [132] |
| Annona reticulata | Toothache [133,134] |
| Annona squamosa Linn | |
| Uvaria chamae P. Beauv | Inflamed gums [135] |
| Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet, Baliospermum axillare Blume, Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC., Canna indica L., Ocimum tenuiflorum L., Oroxylum indicum (L.) Vent., Polygonum aviculare L., Solanum indicum Linn., Vernonia patula (Aiton) Merrill [136] | For the relief of symptoms of bronchitis, pneumonia, influenza [136] |
| Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees [137,138] | Treatment of sepsis [137,138] |