Local Medicines -. Information obtained from Japwe (local doctor) a midwife, Samson and one other man who works in the hospital but whose name wag not written into notes. Scaevola (Konnot) Leaves and stems used. Juice from stem squeezed into eye - sometimes stops pain in eye. : 4 ‘ Leaves crushed in hollow stone then wrapped in cheesecloth, dipped in water and squeezed out. Mother drinks one cup 3 x daily for 2-3 weeks after delivery. Guettarde (Wit) eo For toothache, pack the cavity with the flower. better than APC, sometimes doean't work. Sometimes works Dodder (Kanon) Fo. headache. Prepared as Scaevola leaves. Small cup full 3 x a day for one week. Sometimes vatter than aspirin. Triumfetta (A TAT) For coughing and griping pains in abdomen. Prepared same as Scaevola leaves, 3 x aday for | - 2 weeks. Big cupful for adults, sruall cupful for children, Messerschmidia (Kiron) For diarrhea and deep wounds. For diarrhea-prepared same as Scaevola leaves. For deep wounds: i0 or 12 leaves crushed, juice squeezed out into one cup water, boiled and painted on wound while hot. Also used for stomach ache. Generally used in place of combination of aspirin and sulf a-thiazole. Aliophylus (Kitok) For general "body pain" Prepared as Scaevola leaves. Same effect as Thiamin chloride. DO ARCHIVES 77