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Welcome to the SAARP Portal. Here you will find interesting articles, videos and e-books. You will also have access to our recorded lectures and the South African Journal of Phytotherapy. In addition, full members and Student members can gain access to our meeting and AGM minutes.

SAARP Lectures

Developing the future health of a child – Dr Connie Meyer, 

Testosterone – Review of Anatomy and Physiology in Men and Women, Current Testing Techniques, Conditions Affecting, Therepeutics

The Development of an Evidence-Based African Botanical – Dr Nigel Gericke, 2013

SAARP Conference 2013

Phytotherapy in the Community: Success & Challenges of UWC Student Clinics – Maryam Kisten, 2013

Olea Europaea subsp. Africana VS Huang Lian: Their application in hypertension and diabetes – Dr Xu Wang, 2013

Botanical Cancer Research and Therapy – Dr Carl Albrecht, 2013

The Use of Herbal Medicine in Andrology – Ralf Henkel, 2013

The Evaluation of Sutherlandia Frutescens, an Indigenous Plant – Najwa Kisten & Edmund John Pool, 2013

The Lamiaceae & Ballota Africana – Craig Wright, 2013

The Tao of Clinical Practice – Dr Carla Boswell, 2013

Typha Capensis

Adaptogens: Restoring and Maintaining Immunity – Craig Wright, 2014

Journal of Phytotherapy

Journal June 2017

Journal April 2018

Journal March 2022

E-books

The Handbook of Gemmotherapy – Dr J. Rozencwajg

Medicinal Plants of Pondoland – Sinegugu Zukulu, Tony Dold, Tony Abbott, Domitilla Raimondo

Thousand Plants Against Cancer – Giuseppe Nacci

Medicinal Plants in The South Pacific –  W.H.O.

Herbalmonographs Including Herbal Medicinal Products and Food Supplements – Maria Spiteri

Managing Upper Digestive Problems with Herbs – Kerry Bone

Plants used by the Vhavenda: In Vitro Assessment of Some Traditional Medications Used in South Africa for Pharmacokinetic Drug Interaction PotentialTraditional Medications S.A.

Hepato Protective Herbs – Venkata Narasimha Kadali, Kameswara Rao Kindangi, Angela E Peter, Sudhakara Rao P, Bindiya P, BV Sandeep

Alchemy of Herbs – Rosalee De La Foret

A Thai Herbal – Traditional Recipes for Health and Harmony – C. Pierce Salguero

The Forbidden Truth About Cancer – Bob Livingston

Biochemistry: The New Domestic Treatment – Boston University, School of Medicine

Encyclopedia of Medicinal Herbs – Joseph Kadans

Complete Illustrated Book of Herbs – Reader’s Digest 

The Healing Remedies Sourcebook – C. Norman Shealy

Bartram’s Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine – Thomas Bartram

The Herbal Apothecary – JJ Pursell 

Healing Herbal Teas –  Sarah Farr

Mediherb Liquid Prescriber’s Guide

Saw Palmetto – Bone & Mills

Khoisan Healing: Understandings, Ideas and Practices – Chris Low

WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants Vol. 1

WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants Vol. 2

WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants Vol. 3

Herbalist’s View; Anemone for Panic Attacks – 7Song

Mediherb Herbal Safety Information

The Constituents of Medicinal Plants – Andrew Pengelly

Study Guide to the Six Tissue States – Matthew Wood 

Herbs and Nutrition For Cardiovascular Health and Disease – David Winston

Herbal Therapies For Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat (E.E.N.T.) Conditions – David Winston

Nervines, Complementary Herbs for Adaptogens – David Winston

American Botanic Medicine-From Thomson to The Eclectics – David Winston

HerbalGram: Schisandra, Gayle Engels & Josef Brinckman

HerbalGram: Dandelion Taraxacum officinale – Gayle Engels & Josef Brinckman

HerbalGram: Iboga Root: Dynamics of Iboga’s African Origins and Modern Medical Use – Jonathan Dickinson

Textbook of Natural Medicine – Joseph E. Pizzorno, Michael T. Murray

Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine – David Hoffman

Numen: The healing power of plants A resource guide

PDR for Herbal Medicines

Herbal Medicines Third Edition – Joanne Barnes, Linda A Anderson and J David Phillipson

The Handbook of Clinically Tested Herbal Remedies

Selected Medicinal Plants of Chittagong Hill Tracts

Natural Products from Plants – Leland J. Cseke, Ara Kirakosyan Peter B. Kaufman, Sara L. Warber, James A. Duke, Harry L. Brielmann

The Green Pharmacy – James A. Duke

Duke’s Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible – James A. Duke

Duke’s Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America – James A. Duke

CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices – James A. Duke

Handbook of Plant Food Phytochemicals

Handbook of Medicinal Herbs (2nd Edition) – James A. Duke

The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India

The Philosophy of Physiomedicalism – J.M. Thurston

Phytotherapy Desk Reference – Michael Thomsen, Hanni Gennat

A Herbal Course of Making and Taking – Christopher Hedley and Non Shaw

A Tool for Rapid Identification of Potential Herbal Medicine-Drug Interactions

An Herbalist’s View of the Digestive System – 7Song

WHO Monographs on Medicinal Plants Commonly Used in The Newly Independent States (NIS)

Healing Plants – Wilhelm Pelikan

Articles

Khoisan Healing: Understandings, Ideas and Practices – Chris Low 

An Emergent Ethnomedicine: Rastafari Bush Doctors in the Western Cape, South Africa – Lisa Philander

Effect of Leonurus cardiaca Oil Extract in Patients with Arterial Hypertension Accompanied by Anxiety and Sleep Disorders

Archetypal Themes in Anthroposophical Medicine

Herbalist’s View; Anemone for Panic Attacks – 7Song

Medical Marijuana for Cancer Patients: A Physician’s Perspective – Victor Sierpina

Schisandra chinensis, S. sphenanthera Family: Schisandraceae – Gayle Engels, Josef Brinckmann

Dandelion Taraxacum officinale – Gayle Engels, Josef Brinckmann

Iboga Root: Dynamics of Iboga’s African Origins and Modern Medical Use – Jonathan Dickinson

Supporting Adrenal Function with Adaptogenic Herbs – Jill Stansbury, Paul Saunders, David Winston

Application of the ‘‘-Omic-’’ technologies in phytomedicine – G. Ulrich-Merzenicha, H. Zeitlera, D. Jobstb, D. Paneka, H. Vettera, H. Wagnerc

IARC Monographs Volumes 82

A review of Khoi-San and Cape Dutch medical ethnobotany – B.-E. van Wyk

Using qualitative interviews in CAM research: A guide to study design, data collection and data analysis – Alex Broom

Effect of oral administration of freshly pressed juice of Echinacea purpurea on the number of various subpopulations of B- and T-lymphocytes in healthy volunteers: Results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study – E. Schwarza, A. Parlesakc, H.-H. Henneicke-von Zepelinb, J.C. Bodea, C. Bodec

Can the caged bird sing? Reflections on the application of qualitative research methods to case study design in homeopathic medicine – Trevor DB Thompson

Plants used to treat epilepsy by Tanzanian traditional healers – Mainen J. Moshia, Godeliver A.B. Kagasheb, Zakaria H. Mbwamboa

Antidiarrhoeal activity of Geranium incanum Burm. f. (Geraniaceae) leaf aqueous extract in mice – G.J. Amabeoku

Evaluation of the mutagenic and antimutagenic effects of South African plants – K.A. Reid, J. Maes, A. Maes, J. van Staden , N. De Kimpe, D.A. Mulholland, L. Verschaeve

The potential of South African plants against Mycobacterium infections – L.J. McGawa, N. Lallb, J.J.M. Meyerb, J.N. Eloff

Anti-inflammatory, anticholinesterase, antioxidant and phytochemical properties of medicinal plants used for pain-related ailments in South Africa – O.A. Fawole, S.O. Amoo, A.R. Ndhlala, M.E. Light, J.F. Finnie, J. Van Staden

Effects of South African traditional medicine in animal models for depression – Mikael E. Pedersena, Bernadeta Szewczykb, Katarzyna Stachowiczb, Joanna Wieronskab, Jacob Andersena, Gary I. Staffordc, Johannes van Stadenc, Andrzej Pilcb, Anna K. Jägera

Preliminary evaluation: The effects of Aloe ferox Miller and Aloe arborescens Miller on wound healing – Yimei Jiaa, Guodong Zhaoa, Jicheng Jia

Purification and identification of active antibacterial components in Carpobrotus edulis L. – Elmarie van der Watt, Johan C. Pretorius

Pharmacological screening of six Amaryllidaceae species – E.E. Elgorashi, J. van Staden

Antihypertensive, antiatherosclerotic and antioxidant activity of triterpenoids isolated from Olea europaea, subspecies africana leaves – L.I. Somova, F.O. Shode, P. Ramnanan , A. Nadar

In vitro antimicrobial, anthelmintic and cyclooxygenase-inhibitory activities and phytochemical analysis of Leucosidea sericea – A.O. Aremu, O.A. Fawole, J.C. Chukwujekwu, M.E. Light, J.F. Finnie, J. Van Staden

Crinum species in traditional and modern medicine –  C.W. Fennell, J. van Staden

Anticonvulsant activity of Cotyledon orbiculata L. (Crassulaceae) leaf extract in mice – G.J. Amabeoku, I. Green, J. Kabatende

Analgesic and antipyretic effects of Dodonaea angustifolia and SalTia africana-lutea – G.J. Amabeoku, P. Eagles, G. Scott, I. Mayeng , E. Springfield

The pharmacological screening of Pentanisia prunelloides and the isolation of the antibacterial compound palmitic acid – Barbara T.S. Yff, Kerry L. Lindsey, Maureen B. Taylor, Doreen G. Erasmus, Anna K. Jager

East African discourses on khat and sex – Susan Beckerleg

Antimicrobial and antimalarial activity of Cussonia species (Araliaceae) – B.J. De Villiers, S.F. Van Vuuren, R.L. Van Zyl, B.-E. Van Wyk

The effect of Tulbaghia violacea extracts on testosterone secretion by testicular cell cultures – Mozaffar Ebrahim, Edmund John Pool

Effect of Boophone disticha on human neutrophils – E.W. Botha, C.P. Kahler, W. J. du Plooy, S. H du Plooy, L Mathibe

A biochemical comparison of the in vivo effects of Bulbine frutescens and Bulbine natalensis on cutaneous wound healing – Nalini Pather, Alvaro M. Viljoen, Beverley Kramer

A historical, scientific and commercial perspective on the medicinal use of Pelargonium sidoides (Geraniaceae) – T. Brendlera, B.-E. van Wyk

Plectranthus: A review of ethnobotanical uses – Catherine W. Lukhoba, Monique S.J. Simmonds, Alan J. Paton

Novel xanthones from Securidaca longepedunculata with activity against erectile dysfunction – J.J. Marion Meyer, N.C. Rakuambo, A.A. Hussein

Sceletium: A review update – N. Gerickea, A.M. Viljoen

Phytochemistry and in vitro pharmacological activities of South African Vitex (Verbenaceae) species – E. Nyiligira, A.M. Viljoen, F.R. Van Heerden, R.L. Van Zyla, S.F. Van Vuuren, P.A. Steenkamp

In vitro biological activity and essential oil composition of four indigenous South African Helichrysum species – A.C.U. Lourensa, D. Reddy, K.H.C. Bas er, A.M. Viljoen, S.F. Van Vuuren

The in vitro pharmacological activities and a chemical investigation of three South African Salvia species – G.P.P. Kamatou, A.M. Viljoen, A.B. Gono-Bwalya, R.L. van Zyl, S.F. van Vuuren, A.C.U. Lourens, K.H.C. Baser , B. Demirci, K.L. Lindsey, J. van Staden, P. Steenkamp

Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and mutagenic investigation of the South African tree aloe (Aloe barberae) – A.R. Ndhlala, S.O. Amoo, G.I. Stafford, J.F. Finnie, J. Van Staden

Pioneers in ethnopharmacology: The Dutch East India Company (VOC) at the Cape from 1650 to 1800 – G. Scott, M.L. Hewett

South African Helichrysum species: A review of the traditional uses, biological activity and phytochemistry – A.C.U. Lourens, A.M. Viljoen, F.R. van Heerden

South African Salvia species: A review of biological activities and phytochemistry – G.P.P. Kamatou, N.P. Makunga, W.P.N. Ramogola, A.M. Viljoen

South African herbal teas: Aspalathus linearis, Cyclopia spp. and Athrixia phylicoides: A review – E. Joubert, W.C.A. Gelderblom, A. Louw, D. de Beer

The biological activity and chemistry of the southern African Combretaceae – J.N. Eloff, D.R. Katerere, L.J. McGaw

Review on plants with CNS-effects used in traditional South African medicine against mental diseases – Gary I. Stafford, Mikael E. Pedersen, Johannes van Staden, Anna K. Jäger

Studies on antibacterial, antioxidant and fibroblast growth stimulation of wound healing remedies from South Africa – V. Steenkamp, E. Mathivha, M.C. Gouws, C.E.J. van Rensburg

In vitro anticancer screening of South African plants – G. Fouche, G.M. Cragg, P. Pillay, N. Kolesnikova, V.J. Maharaj, J. Senabe

Inhibitory properties of selected South African medicinal plants against Mycobacterium tuberculosis – Ezekiel Greena, Amidou Samie, Chikwelu L. Obi, Pascal O. Bessong, Roland N. Ndip

Screening of indigenous plants from South Africa for affinity to the serotonin reuptake transport protein – Nicolaj D. Nielsen, Mikkel Sandager, Gary I. Stafford, Johannes van Staden, Anna K. Jäger

Anti-inflammatory, anticholinesterase, antioxidant and phytochemical properties of medicinal plants used for pain-related ailments in South Africa – O.A. Fawole, S.O. Amoo, A.R. Ndhlala, M.E. Light, J.F. Finnie, J. Van Staden

Traditional herbal remedies used by South African women for gynaecological complaints – V. Steenkamp

Therapeutic uses of Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) in southern Africa – O.M. Grace, M.S.J. Simmonds, G.F. Smith, A.E. van Wyk

Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-tyrosinase and phenolic contents of four Podocarpus species used in traditional medicine in South Africa – H.S. Abdillahi, J.F. Finnie, J. Van Staden

Antibacterial and antifungal activity of traditional medicinal plants used against venereal diseases in South Africa – L.V. Buwa, J. van Staden

Anti-mycobacterial activity of five plant species used as traditional medicines in the Western Cape Province (South Africa) – Kapinga Bamuamba, David W. Gammon, Paul Meyers, Marie-Genevieve Dijoux-Franca, Gillian Scott

Screening of plants used in southern Africa for epilepsy and convulsions in the GABAA-benzodiazepine receptor assay – Jofrid Risa, Anlaug Risa, Anne Adsersen, Bente Gauguin, Gary I. Stafford, Johannes van Staden, Anna K. Jäger

Medicinal bulbous plants of South Africa and their traditional relevance in the control of infectious diseases –C.A.M. Louw, T.J.C. Regnier, L. Korsten

Medicinal plant use in the Bredasdorp/Elim region of the Southern Overberg in the Western Cape Province of South Africa – T.S.A. Thring, F.M. Weitz

Current perspectives on an emerging formal natural products sector in South Africa – N.P. Makungaa, L.E. Philandera, M. Smith

Riding the wave: South Africa’s contribution to ethnopharmacological research over the last 25 years – M.E. Light, S.G. Sparg, G.I. Stafford, J. van Staden

In vitro anti-HIV-1 properties of ethnobotanically selected South African plants used in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases – T.E. Tshikalangea, J.J.M. Meyera, N. Lall, E. Munoz, R. Sancho, M. Van de Venter, V. Oosthuizen

Evaluation of the mutagenic and antimutagenic effects of South African plants – K.A. Reid, J. Maes, A. Maes, J. van Staden, N. De Kimpe, D.A. Mulholland, L. Verschaeve

A review of the taxonomy, ethnobotany, chemistry and pharmacology of Sutherlandia frutescens (Fabaceae) – B-E. van Wyk, C. Albrecht

The in vitro pharmacological activities of 12 South African Hermannia species – A.B. Essop, R.L. van Zyl, S.F. van Vuuren, D. Mulholland, A.M. Viljoen

A broad review of commercially important southern African medicinal plants – B.-E. van Wyk

Cross-cultural comparison of three medicinal floras and implications for bioprospecting strategies – C. Haris Saslis-Lagoudakis, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Vincent Savolainen, Julie A. Hawkins

Herbal Tinctures in Clinical Practice – Michael Moore

Medicinal Uses of Seaweeds – Ryan Drum

CAM and Musculoskeletal disorders – Eurocam

Herb Safety Information – Mediherb

Study Guide to the Six Tissue States– Matthew Wood

Herbs and Nutrition For Cardiovascular Health and Disease – David Winston

Herbs and Nutrition For Healthy Aging – David Winston

Herbal Therapies For Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat (E.E.N.T.) Conditions – David Winston

Nervines, Complementary Herbs for Adaptogens – David Winston

American Botanic Medicine-From Thomson to The Eclectics – David Winston

Herbal First Aid Wound Care – 7Song

Salvestrol: Practitioner Information 

Historical Plant Incidence in Southern Africa – C.J. Skead

A Herbal Course of Making and Taking – Christopher Hedley and Non Shaw 

Herbal Recipes 

A Herbalist’s View of the Digestive System – 7Song

Plant Family Analysis – Craig Wright

Goethean Science Plant Study – Craig Wright

Organoleptic Assessment of Medicinal Plants – Craig Wright

An Introduction to the Plant – Craig Wright

SAARP Meeting Minutes

Minutes meeting 02 September 2017

Minutes meeting 29 April 2017

Minutes Meeting 03 March 2018

Minutes Meeting 02 June 2018

Copy of SAAHP Agenda Meeting 01 Sept 2018

Minutes meeting 14 September 2019

AGM Minutes Feb 2020

Meeting Minutes 09 May 2020

Meeting Minutes 29 August 2020

AGM Meeting Minutes Feb 2021

Meeting Minutes 09 June 2021

Meeting Minutes 05 October 2021

Meeting Minutes 12 August 2021