MEDICINAL USE:
- To treat abnormal accumulation of liquid in cellular tissue.
- Bladder complaints,kidney disease,diabetes,anaemia and dysentery.
- As a laxative and softer of inflamed parts.
- Promotes the flow of urine.
- Treatment of piles,tumours,boils,and chronic skin diseases.
- Remedy for infectious venereal diseases.
HOW TO USE:
- The leaves are used in infusion for treatment of abnormal accumulation of liquid s in cellular tissue,bladder complaints,diabetes,blood in urine,anaemia and dysentery.
- The root is used as a laxative,softens inflamed parts and promotes the flow of urine.
- The pounded leaves are used as a poultice for piles,tumours and boils.
- Mixed with coconut oil,the juice of the leaves is recommended for chronic skin diseases.
- The powdered dry leaves,mixed with a little honey,make a remedy for infectious veneral disease,taken in doses of 3 to 4 teaspoons a day.
PARTS USED:
The whole plant.
DOSE:
Hot infusion: Pour boiling water over the collected
herb, steep for 15 minutes and strain. this method is used for flower and
leaves to make a tea of use away. It could also be used for powdered bark,
root, seed, or resin and also for bruised nuts,seeds, bark, or buds.
Cold Infusion: Steep
a cold water for several hours, and use.
Decoction: Here is hard parts of the plants such as
twigs, root, barks, rhizomes, berries and some seeds are gently simmered for
about 30 minutes in water so as to release their properties. Strain before use.
Normal Dosage
For Fresh herb or plant twenty grams are used for one liter of
water. if a dried herb are used the amount of plant material should ten grams
For Adults: 4 or 5 cups a day
Children: Aged 10 to 15 years 3 to 4
cups a day
Aged 6 to 9 years 2 cups a day
Aged 2 to 5 years 1 cups a day
1 to 2 years: 1/2 cups a day
Below 1 year: 1/4 or less cup a day
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