Local Medicines - Information obtained from Jabwe (local doctor)
a midwife, Samson and one other man who works in the hospital but
whoae name was not written into notes.
Sceevola (Konnot)
Leaves and etems used.
Juice from stem squeezed into eye - sometimes atops pain in eye.
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)
For toothache, pack the cavity with the flower.
better than APC, sometimes doean't work.
Sometimes works
Dodder (Kanon)
For headache.
Prepared as Scaavola leaves.
Su a dey for one week.
Small cup full
Sormetimes batter than aspirin.
Triumfetta (ATAT)
For coughing and griping pains in abdomen.
Scaevola leaves, 3 x aday for 1 - 2 weeks.
@mall cupful for children.
Prepared same as
Big cupful for adults,
Messerschmidia (Kiron)
For diarrhea anddeep wounds. For diarrhea-prepared same as
Scaevola leaves.
For deep wounds: 10 or 12 leaves crushed,
juice squeezed out into one cup water, boiled and painted on wound
while hot.
Also used for stomach ache. Generally aszed in place
'@¥ combination of aspirin and sulf a-thiazcle.
Aliophylus (Kitok)
For general “body pain"
Prepared as Scaevola leaves.
500228q
Same effect as Thiamin chloride.