Herbal Medicinal Plants
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Local
herbal remedies should only be used under the guidance
of a knowledgeable herbal medicine practioner! |
| Leaves of the Aristolochia trilobata and Aristolochia constricta
or the caterpillar of Battus polydamas that feeds on them are soaked in
rum and taken as a protection against evil, to break charms, and for
bellyache. For epwidan make a tea of leaves together with those of go
ponpon (Leonotis nepetaefolia), chadon benni (Eryngium foetidum), lime
(Citrus aurantifolia), and gwen anbafey blan (Phyllanthus amarus). Verna Slane 1987 |