Herbal Medicinal Plants
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Local herbal remedies should only be used under the guidance
of a knowledgeable herbal medicine practioner! |
| Gwen anbafey blan, Phyllanthus amarus, is
used for the common complaints of fever, chills, epwidan, and colds due
to draught. The leaf or whole tree issued by itself or boiled
with chadon benni (Eryngium foetidum) and man-better-man root
(Achyranthes aspera). Other additions might include Cecropia
schreberiana, Leonotis nepetaefolia, Citrus aurantifolia, Aristolochia
trilobata, Ocimum spp., Chamaesyce hirta, Cucurbita pepo, Cocos
nucifera, Cinnamomum verum and Cymbopogon citratus. See these
other plants for more details. Also a tea of gwen anbafeyblan is drunk
for bellyache. It is cautioned that only Phyllanthus amarus, gwen
anbafey blan, is used and not Phyllanthus urinaria, gwen anbafey wouj,
which one herbalist claims is smoked as an hallucinogen. These
plants are very similar, both having the seed under the leaf along the
stem. Verna Slane 1987 |