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Other Names: African Geranium, EPs 7630, Geranien, Geranio Sudafricano, Geranium, Géranium d’Afrique, Géranium d'Afrique du Sud, Géranium du Cap, Geranium Root, Ikhubalo, Icwayiba, i-Yeza lezikali, Kalwerbossi, Khoaara e Nyenyane, Pelargonien, Pelargonio Sudafricano, Pelargonium Root, Pélargonium d’Afrique, Pélargonium du Cap, Pelargonium sidoides, Rabas, Rabassam, Racine de Géranium, Racine de Pélargonium, Umckaloabo, Uvendle, umckaloabo, umcka<br>South African geranium is a flowering plant that is native to South Africa. Its roots are used for medicine.

==Special Precautions of South African Geranium==

* [[Sore Throat]] and swollen tonsils (tonsillopharyngitis). When given to 6-10 year olds with sore throat and swollen tonsils, South African geranium extract seems to significantly reduce pain and difficulty swallowing after 4 days of treatment. In a 2003 study from Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, researchers found that pelargonium may help treat a strain of strep throat called "non-group A beta hemolytic strep" (or "non-GABHS"). Unlike group A beta-hemolytic strep throat, non-GABHS is typically treated without the use of antibiotics. For the study, 143 children with non-GABHS were given either pelargonium or a placebo for six days. In addition to easing strep throat symptoms more effectively than the placebo, pelargonium was found to shorten the duration of illness by at least two days.

* [[HIV/AIDS]] : Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Germany have found that South African geranium plant extracts represent a potential new class of anti-HIV-1 agents for the treatment of AIDS.

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