INK Environmental Sustainability Booklet [19 MB] - Durban

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Growing Medicinal Plants
You can grow useful medicinal plants in your garden along with your vegetables and
herbs. You can use these at home to treat common ailments and to keep your family
healthy. Medicinal plants might be trees, herbs or bulbs. The bulbs often contain
dangerous chemicals and so we have not recommended that you try growing and
using these at home without the guidance of an Inyanga or Herbalist.
Most times that you need to use medicinal plants you should consult your local
iNyanga or Herbalist. There are, however, some commonly known and safe medicinal
trees and herbs that you can grow at home to use yourself with reasonable safety. If
you are in any doubt about how strong to make your treatments, be sure to consult
an iNyanga first. Some ideas for medicinal plants that you can grow for health at
home include:
Aloe ferox Kigelia Lippia Sutherlandia
Tetradenia
Artemisia
Bulbine
Combretum caffrum
Mondia
Alepidea
Gasteria
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