MEDICINAL USE:
- Soothes and protects the alimentary tract and relieves inflammation.
- Recommended for dysentery,diarrhoea,fevers,worms and inflamed mucous membranes of the urethra and vagina.
- An ointment for itching,rashes and other skin diseases.
- Relieves headaches.
- Leprosy.
HOW TO USE:
- The decoction of the leaves is recommended for dysentery,diarrhoea,fevers,worms,and inflamed mucous membranes of the urethra and vagina.
- The juice of the young leaves make a good ointment for rashes,itching,and other skin diseases.Applied on the forehead,it relieves headache.
- The sap of the young leaves boiled in the oil of the kernel is used for leprosy.
PARTS USED:
The leaves and the kernels.
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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