Table 2.

Side effects, antidotes, and contraindications of medicinal plants used for traditional management of malaria in Kenya.

Plant	Side effects	Antidote(s)	Contraindication	Reference(s)
Albizia anthelmintica Brongn.	Induces vomiting, diarrhea, and bile release from the gall bladder	Not reported	Pregnant women	[22]
Aloe volkensii L.	Induces vomiting	Not reported	Children	[22]
Balanites glabrus Mildbr. & Schltr.	Induces vomiting, diarrhea, and bile release from the gall bladder	Not reported	Pregnant women	[22]
Croton megalocarpoides Friis & M.G. Gilbert	Stomachache, induce vomiting, and bile release from the gall bladder	Not reported	Not reported	[22]
Euphorbia meridionalis Bally & S. Carter	Induces diarrhea as a means of cleansing the body	Taken with goat or sheep soup	Not reported	[22]
Momordica friesiorum Hams C. Jeffrey	Induces vomiting and bile release from the gall bladder	Not reported	Not reported	[54]
Opilia campestris Engl.	Induces vomiting and bile release from the gall bladder	Mixed with soup	Not reported	[22]
Pyrenacantha malvifolia Engl.	Induces vomiting	Not reported	Pregnant women	[22]
Salvadora persica L.	Induces vomiting and bile release	Milk, salt	Not reported	[22]
Sericocomopsis hildebrandtii Schinz.	Stomachache, weight loss through induced vomiting, and bile release from the gall bladder	Milk	Pregnant women	[22]