KIGELIA AFRICANA (SAUSAGE TREE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES)
Anti-inflammatory and Analgesic
Kigelia Africana contains excellent anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
1. Powdered bark, leaves, stems, twigs and fruits from Kigelia Africana are used to clean and dress wounds and sores.
2. Topical treatments and infusions containing Kigelia extracts are used as antiseptic to reduce infection.
3. The bark, stems, twigs, leaves, and fruits are infused and taken orally or applied as ointments to relieve rheumatism, sprains, hematoma, and bruising.
4. Boiled Kigelia Africana fruit and bark is gargled to relieve toothaches.
5. Kigelia Africana fruits, stems, leaves, and bark can be rubbed onto some snakebites as an antidote.
Decocted Kigelia Africana fruit effectively relieves swelling and pus build-up of leg wounds.