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Bidens pilosa

English: Black Jack, Kamba: Musee/ Munzee, Kikuyu: Mucege, Kisii: Ekemogamogi, Kuria: Iritotoniamaiso/Iritotonyamaiso, Luhya: Ologohe/Ingwesi, Luo: Onyiego/ Nyanyiekmon, Maasai: Oloreprep, Sabaot: Kwangwait/Nambait, Suba: Nyatok, Turkana: Romalia, Kiswahili: Mshona nguo, Kipsigis: Kipkoloit,

Family: Asteraceae

The Kuria community uses it to treat ringworms, rashes, swellings, and itching. 
Among the Suba, it is crushed, mixed with water, and used to treat eye problems.
In the Turkana community, its seeds are burned and the smoke drives away mosquitoes.
The Digo uses the plant as a laxative in children. It is also mixed with coconut oil and used to treat measles and ringworms. 

Bidens pilosa

Diarrhoea

Dysentery

Ear infection

Stomachache

Constipation

Used to stop bleeding in fresh wounds. Crush the leaves and apply on the wound

Scabies

Skin infection

Stops bleeding

Boils

Intestinal worms

Mature plants are dried & crushed to treat candidasis

Eye infection

Wounds

Malaria

Roundworm

Arthritis

Boil the roots and take 3 glass a day until the joint pain goes away For muscle problems, take the leaves as vegetables


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