List of plants with significant TRAMIL use in: St Lucia

Allium sativum L.
LILIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: French speaking countries: ail Guatemala, Dominican Republic: ajo English-speaking countries: garlic St Lucia, Barbados, Haiti: lay
Related health problems: nausea, candidiasis, fever, earache, flatulence, , stress (mala sangre), skin infection, hypertension, intestinal parasites, toothache

Curcuma longa L.
= Curcuma domestica Valeto
ZINGIBERACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: creole speaking countries: kalpata, mandja, safran kouli, safran péyi Haiti: safran, curcuma St Lucia: tjitjima, turmeric, Indian saffron
Related health problems: hepatitis, jaundice, jaundice, liver disfunction, abscess

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf
= Andropogon citratus DC
POACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Antigua, Barbados, St Vincent: fever grass, lemon grass Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic: limoncillo Venezuela: molojillo criollo Guatemala: té de limón Honduras, Costa Rica, Quintana Roo: zacate limón, té limón, zacate té Martinique, St Lucia, Dominica: zacate té, sitwonnèl
Related health problems: cough, flu, fever, colds, flatulence, stomach pain, diarrhoea

Mangifera indica L.
ANACARDIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: St Lucia, Guatemala, Haiti: mango
Related health problems: cough, pneumopathy , bronchitis with expectoration, asthenia, weakness, indigestion

Myristica fragrans Houtt.
MYRISTICACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: creole speaking countries: miskad Dominican Republic: nuez moscada St Lucia, Dominica: nutmeg
Related health problems: pneumopathy , juma (vertigo and weakness), headhache

Ocimum gratissimum L.
LAMIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Dominican Republic: albahaca vaca Haiti: atiyayo, gwo fonbazen Guatemala: basen creole speaking countries: bazik, benjwen, gwoboné St Lucia: vanne van
Related health problems: abdominal pain, abdominal pain, flatulence, miasis

Ricinus communis L.
EUPHORBIACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Guadeloupe: carapate Barbados: castor oil St Lucia, Dominica: cawapat Dominican Republic: Dominicana:higuera Haiti: maskèti Martinique: palma Kristi
Related health problems: pneumopathy , pneumopathy , pneumopathy , asthma, asthma, asthma, burning, headhache, headhache, twist, twist, traumatism, traumatism, toothache, rheumatism, rheumatism, earache, ganglionar inflammation, constipation

Zingiber officinale Roscoe
ZINGIBERACEAE
Vernacular names and territories: Puerto Rico, St Lucia, Antigua, Dominica, Barbados, St Vincent: ginger Honduras, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Costa Rica: jengibre creole speaking countries: jenjanb, gingembre
Related health problems: cough, flu, asthma, fever, colds, flatulence, stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, whooping cough, indigestion, catarrh

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