| \ , PUBLISHER'S NOTE TO THE ‘SECOND EDITION This collection of traditional medicinal remedies fonms part of tbe body of herbal remedies whieh have rc developed through years of custom and usage by persons not qualified in conventional medicine. The ‘medicines have in most eases not been subject to ary Scientific analysis and persons desirous of using sare should fast seek the option ofa medica practitioner, ‘This publication has been produced directly fron the original manuscript with a hile editing as pssibe asthe publishers are of the opinion that Bath the se and the tone of voice ofthe ‘iter should be presenved for posterity along with her Knowledge a8 a bona ice folklorist of Trinidad ana Tobago ‘This, the second edition, 1988, contains an Index which was provided by the authores. In publishing ths index the publisher in no way intends forthe publication to be considered a5 a medical text or a book of rele GERARD A. BESSON ‘Apa, 1988 Copyright © 1987 Paria Publishing Co. Lid ISBN 976-8054.09-3 First Published 1987 All rights reserved. Except for use in review, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in Waiting from Paria Publishing Co. Lid. 66 Woodford Sircet, Newtown, Port of Spain, Tnidad West Indies. Printed by Trinidad & Tobago Printing & Packaging LiPr i 1, Albertina Pavy of Pepper Hill Street, Toco in Trinidad, West Indies, was born in the villige of, Mission in Toco of a family of ten, My parent: were planters. They ovined lands and a cocoa plantation, bother produce and ground provision gardens. This was Tong ago when there were no vehicles oF roads in the dismiet. 1 was tained among neighbours who lved 2 ‘community life of sharing and taking care of each other. Sharing different herbs and cures for various sliseases. Some of the senior members ofthe comm nity were well ruined in administering treatments for ‘the many ailments. From my’ early childhood I loved taking cae of the sick, sol studied creole and bush medicine. paid great attention by listening and raking notes when | got information, Since my youthful days 1 started boiling Tisane of different roots such at: Coconut, Wild Senna, Vervine and many others, which I pre~ served with medicine sult. Tis medicinal treatment is TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF ‘TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ccs in heling diferent almenes. Some years fo I Was aised to make kom my howeledge ot (ole nd bush medicine. 1 cook te sarc aad Mire wing al the medicines have known for lng tine. lopped contemplating ethers Gating them aie from any mind. ater ny Flere Hon interview people stated coming ne, My ry wa ten feed md a abe oe Aller Go's grace, hea isthe greatest road Vesowed om our tuna by hs Aunghy panes Hong wih te mesos and rules coup eee Ree flit on this eae emeds or a ama i,k Tey simple and easy to fll she nexaneoe, With dedicated services co alte sick wth whom White come in contact with ll my ies nly trove eed tha the Lords bestowed en mes it of Ming in ealing the sek, whch Thee need Will aide and pray for perseverance inthis ivlee“The Human Boy contains substance o ements The mos, important elements found is the human ody sear, hyseogen trogen, oxyea, ul, phosphors, chloe, iodine, sodium, potassium, Inagnesum, eum ad ios “The five seme of the-body are baring, sgh (oppecth caste and vouch, The shes powers im the human body wre memory, deranged wl \ Good health ir obtained by following the rules of “The body contsins over 60 perceat of wate. Good Foods Vitamin foods found in 2 and fresh gta, frit and grains. {nd ich in Promin are peas, beans, lentils, mas, ‘il, cheese, ege, cereals, wheat which bud the Food sich in fa, ter, he yok of exe, vegetable sal mas, a. Cnbobydrates are conned in sugar, None, male, ripe fait, starchy veqetbles, thle give the body coeny. ‘Vegetables without starch ate carts, celery, cus ber tomatoes, onion, letce, ocho, spinach, a bag, eulilower, sing beans Flesh formers are white of eg, card of mil, ten incor, and whest, legumes in pessand bean, myoien In mest, legion bone Food which apply minerals tron: Spinach. yolk of egg, mill, prunes, water cres, celery, cabbage, leu, bin, apples, lens and all greens Phosphonis! Legamens in the yolk of eae milk, prines, pocitoes, ches, cereal Caleums Bag, cece cabbage, cas fits, ms ising. Mapnesiom: Cherries, apples, outs, figs rans ‘rames milk pinch, cereals, Pouassium: Cheevies, potatos resi, apples plums, melongene, cucumber Sodium: Apples calilower, spinach, Chlorine: Spinach, cabbage, ealflower, rrp. Sulphur: spinach, cabbage, cauliower, onions, yolk of cae Todine: can be obtained frm all gaden ype tables, beans, peas, fa, samo, pt Calcium: bale bones and eet, Ht bids the eyes. Phosphorss: ails Dons ind news“THE HUMAN BODY far the construction of the eels ly. construct the fluids of the body. able in preven-TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF The human body is buile up on a frame \work of bones, the skeleton. They are built together by ligaments forming joints through ( whieh the bones move to and from on one 10 Ge STRUCTURE another. The skin is «covering and protection con- nected to the brain by certain nerves which Jook like white thread or cords. These nerves '\ are information channels to the brain of diffe rent touches in contact with the body. If these nerves get impaired, the skin loses its sense of touch and becomes numb. The muscles are. conttolled by. certain nerves Which passes dicece from the brain on is way to the spinal cord. The brain then control the Actes of e body. Aa news fo a mip is damaged the muscle gets paralysed. Anot set of channels are the blood vessels, the gut, lands, and other organs. Fat which isa food stored for the body covers the muscles and Forms padding assisting to prevent the loss of heat, ‘The energy to carry out the work of the body is foal whieh has to be brokendown in tracks by the digestive organs before it can be absorbed into the blood and nutriments for dismibution 1 various parts of the body. Oxygen is required to utilise the food and keep the body alive, and is diswibuted by the blood vessel hy che heart. The rises joins the {TREATMENT & CURES WITit LOCAL HERBS OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, the sll. 20. THE DIGESTIVE PROCESS ‘The ongans of digestion are mostly in the bel "or abdomen. Digestion begins he south where the food is chewed and ned with sv: Teis then presed buck inte tae throat by whe tongue and wallowing move sens start which foe it down theagh oe fale: ino the somsch, Dung neatburg the mouth, nom an windppe esha ot The stomach act a8 5 enue, and colargened t0 old he fod eaten at 2 ‘eal The mixta of food and ise es Padua, pass tom she stom inte Be sal intestine, the foods of prot, a, cae Uolydates te are to be brohendown, Sed pasts slow tough the smal etn sed fee comet ie Sood eared ite the ler by the prot ven and then changes fo other parts of the body. Vogetble ent e Ing intestine, the eolon; where most of te vote bods he al wane po The keys sgh and Ife lies agains the er part of the back of the sbfonen The kin covers he whol ofthe by, ta rotes the underyrgsouctres Ie soe nwo layers. The oter or heed layer ad the incr layer where the evaporticn a Svat from the race ofthe shim cols ) 4 i Darts of the body together. The bones of the | face ate fixed 10 the bortom of the front of / ~ Ail helps to regulate the temperature of theThey form the framework wo pore the ye andthe nose. Thuy ao for the sppet Jr in wich the wet est Ws thea eve the conection of the jaw, the throat, he feck the shoulder TRE ary foretm, the nad and fingers. ‘The limbs, bows, the i, nd reset boner. Then see have te pels [ale snd lower limb ones The lowe ib tones contain the bladder the wreba and che lowe pare of the bowels. Then ve hate the Nip bones withthe upper end of te Ch Toe which Toms the hp its The font of the hee joints protected by a Doe cd Uh nc cp he lp here st wo Bonet which ae Bound together by iment. The 22 THEEAR | “The ex consists of tice parte Fi, the outer which i umper te wih bel id Sin tem or ear canal which lads into the ‘skull, Second, the middle, and inner part | Iehich i inde se shall The hed part see ‘ee the mille ear by the ear sum. The nid eat bone. Ie eommonictes with the Tak ofthe nom, and thro The incre "ight ined he cranium, and consis of organs, tha regater sound waven, postion ad mere mente Iti therlore concoed with tbe tthe of balnce ae well rth the rene of fering leg bones ate connected withthe foot bones RESPIRATION she ankle jon In the oie he Sone are i Brething isthe pros of oxygen which etd copehery gaments psc from the a to the Hood, while Besar Chondinide a wae prodise i expled We cae a yen om he planes drg the (hy which aha ges out erbondonie at ‘igh This exchange of pt faker paces ‘he angs, ‘The eyes ae the eran of ght They ae sinated in so soakets in the font of the Sul teow the eyebrows, and the font of the eyes conrad by 2 moot mbes which is bathed and kepe mas be tear The wanipaent part of the evr cll Corns. Through the Cones» clared cx lar diaphragm te ris can be seen The Ges 1a len he Is the pup whch aries Sze with the amount ight pag through Hekind the popl i the lene of the eye leading the light ray nto the ign seve pat ofthe eye the etna, -™ . ens make up the neous mem wich conus the arto of the boy. Te the now dine eype of sue. It canot be Tepid by. Reding proces if damage Nes defect comes” shragh overwork hey, wory, moods sr im the body, ‘Keplesese TT"REATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL MeRASOR 5 "HUNIDAD TOBAGO hot cup of te fom the leaves of lettuce, ‘Treatment srs, lection, The white of an 88 swizzled with orange juice. Take once a Fed eet ie al ee on Brongn ent a ew otic py ese — 1 an Sel Roe oe ep Fer iio ese ish etig Seer oon Se ene ne ane ening Seca Spud eo ae eek oa oe as eae ped le CE ee « Somat ao SEs Gps ee ea ee ee oo Benen wh coed spo sa nc ae Bilge Sec mail Mare ope oe te oes sv ng pe Te Liaprte he doen eye tay Sek se gael body it needs cleaning. Te is seioce Pound thee median grins of gui and ‘sens as Cancer, and ser othe Boll witha beanch of ei. Take «te Liver treatment: The fruit af the Sour op ful fst thing inthe morning for 7 ‘Tamatnd, remove from the seed, seal at Says. Rel and Rep wate This i good to ink o wah th ce The rot of th Ros Kou we, a ae Bel de oa ania ace from these old ines aed at Tek teacup once per day for the tbelver : . days Reta sn open Boil or daw te lees of dhe nim ue 40 Isovwta on suetecessness Take once per dy for fe dat Ree he eas te wory, fe, eating le at and reps Sighs ocean cen ME (Chew rw and sale couple of the Teeament A warm o ht fot ath na Jenes and Towers ofthe whe ma (pesiinke,1) oll ehe roo of the Roa Kou use and rink in cea Tobe taken once pr day for ‘seven days Relax and repent Bol ie lees ofthe Sapodile te ad with a ee bt of maby bar in cup of fea once per day fo Sven days. Relax td sepa ‘The Golden Seal Root Powder can be bined in Hemy. Street, Port of Spin, ‘opposite she Keach Fred Chicken Outlet Trexoent of Golden Sea! Root Powder, slong with Charcoal powder and aly for abeces ase: To 15 teaspoons of coal powder, ad tice texpoont of aloes mixed ith Bele ater to be taken once per day ae inch For ine day. After which to take pg. Thea tla for seven dys and repent est ‘ment. Daring the course of treatment de nting of buen brea or barley water, Relax {nd repeat tl recovery. Ten sa and acer fing &D improvement lesen tentment, The Golden Se Root Ponder ito be then fay. When sutticendy improved dose a ‘Gen ea! Root Powder cin be reduced to ‘nce per day. esp cont det. Mango Vere bare and. Congo Lala leaves wild ae po fr Diabetes, Boll te lowers and lemes ofthe White Periwinkle or Olt Maid nto te a 60 MIGH BLOOD PRESSURE CAUSES AND TREATMENT High Blood Pressure is caused by waste mater inthe system, wrong det. ovreting tobseeo geen met ease occcr when he dey” ander i over bacdened with 00 ‘much food. AL stimulating food as alcool, {buco and pee are harmful. . Treatments To + medsum bottle of Apple Cider Vinegar add one tablespoon of epeam ‘le Take a tablespoon af the ontent iat las of water twice daly afer meat Taking this medicine the peste bas wo be rested on time, vinegar thins the bl very quickly ound gate with skin and bol with orange peel Denk = teseyp once per day for sees {ys Kexpeesting presse Boll Sour Tamarind lees, Take a taeyp once per day for fve days scoring 1a fest Site Rela ad ope. “The green tal of the sour sop with skin, Mesh and Sed, ie in small bt soak int {ng of water, Keep inthe ridge an ink at ovling. Keep adding water afer drinking and letiserve for sof even days Half of 2 teaspoon of eprom sls in « swetiened teacup of hot water once po ay forthe days ‘Ad eo teaspoons of molases tote tn spoons of lose To be taken ance pr) fe ‘ex wo week, then ake page “Two teaspoons of moles ald 0 the tinted jee ofthe rough skin lemon, Takenonce per dy for Seven days. Test pes ‘Boil Manby back and keepin te fge Drink with watering half bier ste Pound cree medium grat of pic and bo with branch of eer. Take 1 teacup fest thing in the moesing for seen dys Ten resure 7.0 LOW BLOOD PRESSURE - HOW To REGULATE ow Blood Presoe is caused bythe ace of proper nourishent, est execs tla "onan the lacof itity Trestnent to regulate Low Blood Frese Get tives pins of Royal Exes Stout ot Welt Grape Juice for ax days wexement. } Drink % pie per ay swised with an egg long with proper rex reecaton, and “t regu an nursing ee 80 MALARIA FEY Malis (ever is caused by the Ansples Mosguita, 1 comes with » high temperature sn perspiration 1) Bail one spoon of ashes settle and sins ‘aid one ce of rough sin emon with ‘kin, plp and seed tos few branches of lemon gras boll ort Take tec in the morning and ¥ teacup at nigh Con. ‘inv testment unt recory i oben, 2) Zebapique leaves soaked in Vermouth (a take ¥ wine la thie tine aly before rater meal 2) Deep sea water, added 10 soar oranges bole an hang on ate for uns de “Take a wine plas on mornings 4) Wincersmith one destroys malaria, YELLOW FEVER Yellow fever is a very ret, contgions seas ie comes fom the Aedes Act Moxgute, ‘The eatment is 2 hot tath of Boiled Yellow limes Before the baths eaten sup ‘Cot tui t9 Be dunk fom the water of ‘he bole yellow limes, The pte I to be ied propery after the bat rs prepartion of sweat The whole boy ist Be ined with hot Vics or diuted Benge Ban and Covered with Bankes eae shouldbe taken to observe when the pespitin Wes the body to dey and temeve the wet Sothing The patient should be gen three hot baths on three sacesine days given lot of onage and grapetat Juice, Bold epeabler of ‘seots, pumpki, celery, spinach ce Then a four of coal powder, sles, and malases rveHow FEVER Typhoid fever is 2 contgins diese, Many cases ae coed though tad rinhing ‘une and impel Symptoms Fatigue, lovt of appetite,no tion, headiche, enlargement of the ado nen and shrinking of the tongue ‘A. hot spoage bath wih yellow Limes should be applied to patent. A bot ene ould be gen. Drink plensy of water, orange and grapeiit juice ont meal we, ‘egeable both of earot, pumpin, cley, ‘onion and spinach which must be stained and ‘kink only water rink beled yellow lines “Take s courte of coal powder, aloes and molasses, drink cooling, HEART TROUBLES Heart trouble are cased through Rheum sie fevec, overwork ofthe body and brn, Alcohol, high and low blood pressure, gusand indigestion, causing the food to get fermented in the stomach, ‘resent ‘The white of an egg. Two seaspoons of honey and 2 teaspoons of aloes ote per day Toe thee days each week for thre suceesine ‘weeks, When improved relax for boven ey nd repeat treatment, Relat and repeat tll recovery 1 Obie sed divided in 4, grate 1 pice and TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO germs. The symptoms are cutting pains, and ramps in the abdomen, when serious hae- smorthage develops. ‘Treatment 1) Boiled guava and cashew bark to drink as 2) Raw arrowroot powder dissolved in wate. 3) Sweetbroom and ud-bud roots boiled ‘with young guava leaves for drinking 4) The moss of a tre, boiled in red wine will relieve dysentery and diarthoea. 5) Wouled fat pork rove aud leaves with cotton leaves relieves dysentery joo warts There are two kinds of Warts the fat, and the one that grows. The flat wart is dangerous fs it often develops into Cancer, 1 can be treated by the patiene’s own spite "The growing wart can be cut and removed by tying a horses hair atthe root. Warts can be removed and healed by the mnlk ofthe leaves of the Cactus sre. 1/0 GALLSTONES: Treatment to remove gravel fom the organs of the body. First avoid heayy food. Go on a dit of Jacob & Co. Cream Crackers, feta light soda biscuits or other light soda Siscaits Divide biscuit in three portions, for Tweakfast on mornings, Junch and) supperTake + come of cnet wat, Dak Th ws poule Tocch sine wren Star ak Lar ele on fhe we or we at Steer ng» rat of tae Sib tac wa dea tem of TER Tian noton nes eames Gat She ol met wuer me ole Sites a nnn nd ot Beate Response coxsrparion ‘Constipation is caused when ware mater tetas to lng inthe body, by wrong et, tobe food ie oe propery mast, re Tar abi of esting, ck of exercise. Et a replant nosing dc, plenty of Ess, [Been and wgeabes No guid mus be Taken thes, Drinking wih mel sey Trmia The bowls mase be ined and thould mone three to four times 5. ‘Tennent 1) Smile ro texspoons of Mik of Magne Sih with powdered mie in ol wat on 2) Bail Seana leses, sain and boi over tnt ited prance in Ball of 2 tacup Inewe Ete bed prunes {Every morning den in al of 2 exeap fof mrstnel baled water 3 fapeon ST Epsom Sal seernicert pies cas rough he pon ing te system, by wrong it a vas whi in turn cases oppae of the Tah feting cern neves ka comes (ioe acute als, blows and other End Mpmpems Paint lft formard om cel’ ach of fs this cas bythe Estthg af moon, ancouscoumes ad ching of eth (eminent, Mase Gld Sowers Bole ia teuist be gen wo patient he dese cases mental fect. In cit ven pte ae noma and have be ee ecponsig,s ween re tery itoduce ne fom of ee, IN couse of arco power, les and role il bg me fr of ss Coli is the inflammation of the tage nts, enung weakness inthe abdomen, cstcke, pane in the body, zines Vometies hoes. 1) Tsu fordisking 1) To eo tetpoons of aloes ad two te Ipoon of mates. Tobe taken oe Pe {hy foro weeks after which 0 (at 4 meft Pickle or salt and bandage | Roast Aloes and apply on affected spot. 22.0 HOT FOOT HATH In cases of a rush of blood tothe brain nd bad circulation ‘The Method: Apply 4 wet bandage around the head of the patient. Let patient sit, put each hand in a “TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF ‘TRINIDAD & TOBAGO w 21.0. SPRAINS AND STRAINS OF MUSCLES Speains generally oceut in the ankle, wrst, celbow, shoulders, back o hips The causes we ‘numerous; sometimes from an unexpected ‘movement or slide by stumbling or missing a step. When ligaments ate affected chere xe ‘extreme pain and swelling in the joints. If serious it needs Doctors’ attention immedi- ately. The ligaments need a. fairly sight bandage. ‘Treatment Pound the leaves of the Pineapple, soak in pot or cooking salt water, bandage leaves round feet ot leg that is affected and keep rmoistening with salt water. Apply fresh pound leaves and pickle every day tll recovery ‘Apply on area pound cashima bark with pan of cold water, Put both feet in hor ashes Water with salt. Keep scratching the feet for about ten o fifteen minutes which ends che jh TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERES OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 221. SWOLLEN LEG (ELEPHANTISIS) Wash leg and foot with (Altarmis) leaf disolved in urine every. gnomning-usel re- covery. couc Colic is caused through constipation, gas and wrong and iregular det. Treatment Boiled worm grass leaves with dry orange peel and crushed garlic in tea added to % of @ {guaeter teaspoon of Bicarbonate of Soda, {ice daily, or a ea of a wee bit of the dry peel of the Pumgranctte fruit, or the treat rent of 1 tablespoon of boiled ashes water Which is to be settled and strsined after boiling, then warm, and drink, 24,0. SPASM OR CONVULSION Spasm or convulsion is caused by eelebral haemorrhage, chronic constipation and s0 on ‘Treatment: 'A hot bath of shore duration with a band- age around the hair moist with Limacol and cold. water. The patient should go on ‘ovrishing liquid diet. TLacatan green fig peel, slice, dry in oven, pound in ¢ mortar, sift co flour, boil in por ridge and give to patem, 25,0 WORMS IN THE BODY By eating improper food the stomath gets TL‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 1 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ‘out of order and produce worms By eat raw pumpkin seeds worms will be remove Eat as much as possible. Sliced onion soake jn water. Squeeze out liguid and drink. This will destroy worms in the body. WORMS IN BABIES AND YOUNG CHILI REN, Always keep in a bottle a mixue of As fesita liquid mixed with Puncheon Rum a pounded garlic. Use by drops in babies mi in bottle twice daily, 3,4 oF $ drops accor ing to age, Dose 3 drops ina teaspoon wich water ang sven to baby when attacked by werms. ‘Treatment for worms in adults: A course charcoal powder, molasses and alos, 26.0 GAS IN THE STOMACH AND BOWELS Gas inthe stomach and bowels it caused by the food remaining too long in the stomac through the wrong operation of the digest organs causing it to ger fermentec and sour dy orange pel Take half or mo of tex ‘ups ald 10 teespoon of pot or Hearbonate of soda, ’ Boil 4 or $ Guinea pepper seeds and ti 2 teacip full once per tay. Lens of Guines pepper tee boiled in teu good fa Ps | MPATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Take a cous of carol powder, alas andaloc Pound: gai, bol with orange pel, nd worm grt before dining, ad texspoon batons of soda (fovea Ske Tresonen. To 1 nip of Punchson Ram ad OV grins of crashed pai. Let anak for ay tnd trig before wetanent Dost A euspooe once per day in the 1/0. ULCERS AND SORES Ulcers ate formed when the body gets cut fr broken, The body must be well fed with 2 Tipit diet The bowels must have movements three to fou times daily. 1) The Ulcer has to be washed with boiled Physiemu leaves added to dust of Alam for soak in Condés Crystal fluid mixed swith warm water 2) Dust the Ulcer with Sulphathiazole powder. 2) Grind the leaves of the Vervine wit a tip of salt and Castor Oil. Before applying Imedicine o nthe sore wash the affected trea with Epsom Sale in warm water, or pot sale wate, or diluted vinegar, dey and npply medicine, cover with heated leaves fof the Vervine and bandage, change nd apply fresh medicine every other day. While Uleer is healing apply Sulphathia: ole powder or arrowroot powder.280 2.0 TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 21 ‘TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 4) One day apply roasted aloes, the other day Sulphathiazole powder. Before apply: Jing medicine wash affected ares. (OBESITY OR OVERWEIGHT ‘Obesity or overweight are sometimes inherited. It can be overcome by proper diet “Avoid wrong cating habits. Starch, fats land sugar. In some cases its due to the wrong functioning of the glands. Symptoms: Excess fat, shortness of breath, swelling in the body and palpitation of the heart. ‘Treatment ‘Charcoal powder, aloes, and molasses Patient must avoid sugar, starchy foods fat, grease and salt. Use plenty of greens, fruits and vegetables. JAUNDICE Jaundice is cauied through the bile entering into the blood circulation causing the white Of the eyes to get yellow and a bitter taste in the mouth ‘Treatment 1) Wash the Row Cou seeds, boil and drink as 2) Rou Cou root, cashew root and lime root, boil and drink 2s cooling 43) The inner white skin of the Sivil Sweet or Gospo orange, boil and add molases: no 1) YREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 4) Boil or draw the Love vine and drink as cooling §00. FISH EVED CORN - Fish eyed is quality of comn which grows deep down under the sole of the feet. When fever it is cut and removed it grows back. Treatment: Mutton fat mixed with red lavender applied after removing the corn will bring recovery RINGWORM. Alte ing worm cure ointment and lime juice poured in copper thimble will produce 1 blush water, apply to affected ring worm Spot. This kills the germs. If copper thimble ‘Pave sok gud witha cent. BLEEDING To stop bleeding, apply flour and pitch ol, or sugar, or methylated spirits Haemorthage is caused when a blood vessel Js cit or severed either from the lungs leg stomach oe any par of the body. For those in the lungs apply a foot bath, In the legs che Jntient should le in «position with his or hee Fags upwards. Treatment: oil guava and cashew bark, along with ft pork roots and leaves and cotton leaves, rink intervals‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 23 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 33.0 DOG BITE For a dog bite, rub affected area with lime and salt, Condes erystals or Epsom Salt 340. NAIL OR FISH BONE PRICK I For a nail or fish bone prick, apply sale fish skin in the affected area, Burn with hot soft candle REMOVAL OF SMALL BONE FROM THE. ‘THROAT ‘A mouthful of crashed meat or provision rolled into a ball, Take a deep breath whica will expand the throat and swallow on che side where the bone is stack. It will get inta the meat of provision and go through the passage | 35.0. SNAKE AND SCORPION STING” ! If stung by a snake; tie tightly above affected spot, gash spot and add Con crystal of Epsom Salt, give patient drink of coffee, lime and ram: chew raw gate, atic tea. For scorpion sting same as shove Getmedicsl attention, 1) First aid for snake and scorpion sting for one who drinks poison; get victim drink mu water, 2) A few drops of disinfectant in coffe apply Permangenate of Potash 3H TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF to tor no TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. FALLS ‘After sustaining a serious fall drink aloes swizeled with the white of an egp once per clay for three days. FOR BLOWS AND SWELLINGS ON THE BODY Apply Epsom Salts and hot water, dry and annoint hot ladex. “Take course of white of an egg and ales Dose svizzle the white of an egg with 2 tex spoons of alocs once per day for 3 days then ‘ake 2 course of 1s teaspoons of molasses add to 3 teaspoons of aloes, once per day for 9 says, take a purge. Relax and repest, Drink cooling 'O_ RELIEVE INDIFFERENT FEELINGS INTHE BODY To relieve Indifferent feelings in the body ink the tea of the male Malomen, GANGRENE OR TETANUS Gangrene or Tetanus is blood poisoning, Which causes the soft tissue of the body to decay. Injury by acd, bites, cuts by bottles, patients suffering from diabetes may be fected by this disease, When bruises oF vores, such as boils o earbuncles that ave not Iroperly treated becomes stagnant, gangrene fin develop. Bad circulation and impute Dood with “these defects cause gangrene,TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERES OF 25 380 ‘TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ‘Treatment: ‘Chew raw gali, drink garlic ta, clive oil Mixture of lime juice with coffee. Dink tea With teaspoon af Epsom salt. Take a course of charcoal powder, aloes, and molases. For applying on injured pat of the body, Make a poultice of grated raw bitter cassava, mix with Puncheon rum and bandage affected area. It draws out the poison. PARALYSIS When the body is paralysed the patient is helpless with no feelings in the body even if pricked witha needle, ‘The treatment is three hot baths o7 three successive days with half boiled Bayleat leaves and bark taking a hot cup of tet with the same contents of the bath. The tempers. tute of the heat of the water forthe bath is ‘taken by placing hands inthe hor water. After the bath the patient is co be properly dred and prepared for a sweat by anointing the ‘whole body with diluted Bengue Balm mixed with melted soft candle. Care has tobe taken when the patient perspires to dry and apply dry clothing, after which the patient should remain indoors avoiding the cold. After the bath treatment, the patient's body should be anointed with Puncheon rum added to grated parched Nutmeg or Nutmeg mace, Now and again give a clove of spice tea at nights, “IREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF = HENTRINIDAD & TOBAGO 59.0 EYEWASH reyes shoul be wate a often 0 ete age cleaned om. usta Br ee hgh te sono tho fore wah we Ke enc of water, a1 espoon of el Re pc boll and si. Al eet Remsen bell ov Bal th st SESE ste fala Bal ote when Dot Ser ec aed coger sin col 2 rear sung bench Double te Sth ete ul orp tn th tee for dew an un Uno MAME ent oe bot head Kesh wa be hep ang on he Hee tore frened on inn Pn ests ite Meccre ns fie oth pri See: ammation of te ee, 01 seme ado bee A perso 400 LUNES IN TIIE BUST, INFLAMMATION, SHELLING 4 fees comes though poianos anon down condion inthe Hood seam dnd ao dough ates < sr esement te ae 25 fr CN coated poder aloes and. moles Seaees ee weeks 2 purge tei vrter geziment for famps sling 20d hanes ea poultice of salfon! power‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCALHERBS OF 27 0 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO sixed with aloes. Dissolve with alice water, boil, cool apply on a lint, on the affected area. This poultice dissolves lumps and clos, \VENERAL DISEASE ~ AIDS, HERPES, ETC, ‘The two sypes of veneral disease wich ‘occur mostly in this islind of Trinidad are Gonorthoea and Syphilis. Both diseases are extremely dangerous. They are contagious and can be spread by direct contact; by auticles of clothing, towel, bed sheets, ete ‘They are often contracted through sexval relations, Treatment ‘Axed mango bark, cashew bark, and plum bark. Cut facing the east as where ever the sun hits more eflecciveness and stength are ‘obttined. This isto be boiled preserved with Epsom salt and botded. This is @ form of Tisane, Tisune prepared with the roots of the male pawpaw, oil, cool, sete, preserve with Epsom salt and botel, Tisane with the boiled roots of bamboo, coconut, Tee Marie and male and female rmalomen, cool, bottle and. preserve with Epsom salts Dose: 1 wine glass in 2 4 medium glass of water thrce times daily before meals. This ‘must be taken along with the treatment of Charcoal powder, aloes and molasses. The full ‘weatment 3 times daily for 3 weeks. Then relax and repeat il recovery. = “TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF “TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 420. STROKE A ‘sroke’ is one of the mest common causes of elles in ely people, cxsed at Siner from a rapeued blood rel in the toy» Mondor casing ra Raemontage or troop high blo presi Tromee a misc Sry a wih half Bed lesves and Eat of the Bay iat wee and a sven ‘The pee tote the temperntue ofthe hoc water with hier tad pve the patents how cup of ea ofthe Sine fauh water before bath Take a overt Hr the bah Tobe epened in ec sites She days Alter te bath, paenes body Should be anointed with ited. Bengue's Balm mixed with sft candle mele over the fe Ge a be kn when oe patent reper to dy and apply drying, {it which the pane soul emai indo t avoid the eo. After the bath wenment patents body shout be anointed with Finchcon rm ado rated perched Natmgg tr Notng sac, Now and ofin gies alee oe dove asi ‘THROMBOSIS ‘Thrombosis isa blood clot which obstructs the arteries supplying the heart and muscles and blood ‘The teeatment is immediate bed rest an rugs t0 relieve the pain, and ro prevent farther clots iMo 450 _ . ‘TWEATIWINT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 29 ‘TRINIDAD & TOBAGO To dissolve thrombosis clots, make poultice ‘of safron powder mixed with aloes and boil ‘over fite, Cool, apply on 2 lint and place over fected area. micoucH icough comes by the iritation of a nerve. Treatment ‘A. cup of hot water, or very cold wate, inking of juice. To chew chalk used for ‘writing on black-board will stop Hicough ‘A course of charcoal powder, aloes and molasses. SHINGLE OR COULEV Shingles come through 2 strain on the nervous system, either physically, mentally ‘or emotionally, causing an inflammation of the skin, Te consists of a red discolouration with vesicles containing 2 clear uid which sometimes ruptures, or dries. There are dtfe- rent varieties; at times jn the cunk of the body, of on the face, the limbs and other parts Elderly people are more likely to get affected by Shingles. It is associated with virus aetvities and accompanied by fever and Violent pain. Around the fourth day the nature of the illness will be observed. Eycessve strain on the nervous system may lead to enewvation, a reduetion of nervous ‘energy, and eventually if the stain is con- tinued, or increased the bodily function will Fhecome impaired. If the sufferer does not TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 160 "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ano the conion that ce he iment Gerun consequences wil flow. The eff Sieney ofthe Bodily funon wl be under tne and te leminting orgs in partic iar fall to amy out ther ask and the mes and Suds of the body wil fer from his disease hat no mediation to bed it tx heals only through prayers and) nares ower Ie comes in's cing rash Te some es sp. The itl goes round from one point tothe next When the fo pints mest Repatene des “The wresement is done by applying seven sel needles ater thet pons ae ecised, ory the applieaon of ho sel kif on Shoce points of the rah in the form of & ros, with the prayers of the ‘Our Futhery “T’Belcye in Got? and Pel from the Holy Bible The application of the rubbing of the aah is wich seven cuted leaves of the mg wee mixed with olve ofl Draw nine it of the Apia ane Be pent + tenevery day St recorey. Tate on 1 come of molaser is to De taken int teacup of hot water once Pet thy, Then dtinkTesan cooling, Dust the “feted area with baby powder. ULCERATED STOMACH Treatments 1) Molasses; Charcoal powder and rachet Methods Remove the smal chorns of the47.0 CANCER TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO rachet and grate. To 1wo teaspoons coal powder add 1% teaspoons of mol ses and grated racher to dilute for dt ing. To be taken three times daily. Aft breakfast on mornings, and before ‘wo ote mea. To be ake for 2 we after which to take 2 purge. Treatment tobe repeated, ene 2) Grind shandelia fresh every : morning to M glass of juice with a tip of pot st f nine mornings cures ulcerated stomach, Cancer i eacherous disease Is sed /Ptnough se eating of ta foot, ponding the blood stam, Thraigh con constped 13, nce where he by ka en aad 1 How lx brie "The ernptomt ae Hip ‘tng pus, Vomiting, seepleana fois oeat codite "estnent for eace in car cacy age i charcoal powder, molasses and aloes” Dover 2\eipcons of cod powscr, 2 well spoons of moles sod 3 teaspoons los, with a fitde water to dilute for drinking. \, Daring the couse of teamment nk oot of cor water, burnt bead obey wre ‘his isto be tken daily after besa on toring and before the two ober meas: Ta te tale for 3 weeks, afer whch tke a pone Take a teacup of zebapique lea tea 4 days ~ TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOGAL HERBS OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO in a week, Method: Boil of a large zeba pique leaf."This ends the couse, co be repeated. Efeer 1 or 2 Weeks, Relae and repeat medicine fad take a purge. Repeat til recovery. Take a reparation of aloes: Remove the sidings and disolve aloes with skin in 2 blender, ‘bottle and keep in the fridge for use. If the live aloes cannot be obtained, buy gum of aloes powder which is the substitute. Add 10 tach dose a % of a teaspoon of the powder. ‘Ss ir ie a dry substance aud a litle more molasses to make the paste for érinking Or the imported aloes for drinking which contains 98% aloes Preparation of Charcoal powder — Burn {wood of mango or other fruit trees. Notice fire wood meet the stage of coals, wet, dry find pound in a small wooden mortar, Sife in 2 ite strainer, Give 2 siftings and bore for tse of the charcoal tablets for drinking which / is to be ground to powder obtained at the V pharmacy. LEUKAEMIA, ‘Leukaemia a cancer of the blood. Treatment: Keep # correct and nourishing diet. Consume less cooked food, Produce an fectactor to extract jice from carrots, cau flowers, eabbage and other green vegetables tranges, grapettuts , etc. Take a course of ‘hareoal powder, aloes and molasses,‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 33 ‘TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 47.2. SICKLE CELL Sil lanai wen he cic corpuscles) are consuming the red corpuscles Treament: Useless cooked foods Extract Juice fom caeor,eulilower, cabbage and other green vegetables, crnges, peptre te, Take a coute of charcoal pom alos tnd molasses, Tis ao occurs when the body ‘lacing ne blood, The leaves ofthe se Calo. pear when bold produccs 4 reddish liquid Tei taken by drinking to iid he red wood PRIBROID Fibroid is similar to tumors, itisa growth in the abdomen if attendance is delayed it Aevelopsinto a cancer, ‘The symptoms are sharp cutting pains in the abdomen, upset stomach and voritting. The treatment for feibroids is the same #3 Cancer. HERNIA Hemia develops at times vhrough a stain, Very often the actack comes suddenly, which is swelling, intense pain in the abdomen and vomitting. ‘The teatment for hernia is the same as cancer sno TUMORS. Tumors are caused by impure blood and ~ TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, impurities of the system. Unbalanced diet, constipation and run down conditions. Some tumors enlarge rapidly and become ulcerated ‘There are also cancerous tumors ‘The treatment for tumors is the same as cancer. GorTRE Goitss is an enlargement of the thyroid lands [There ae two kinds of Goitrs; inward ‘and outward] The inward is more serious. ‘The causes are due 10 indigestion and bad stomach, It taker a long time t deve. ‘The bowels must be kept fee. Sweats and hot baths must be given for good circulation and for improvement of the nervous system, “rhe treatment for goite is the same as Cancer. Goitre of the throat, 10 dissolve the swelling use a mixture of dry corn starch with boric powder placed in a bag, or thick stocks ing and bandage the throat. After a period of time apply fresh powder, Keep applying till recovery. Take 1 purge’ during sreatment PILES Pies are enused by wrong diet, alcohol, 109 much fried and greasy food, tobacco, sugar constipation, getting the liver obstructed producing impure blood steam, which causes ‘welling to the organs and sometimes bleed! ing, The blood vessels also become swollen "The treatment for Piles is the same as cancer.‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 35 TRINIDAD & TORAGO 53.0 BLADDER, URINE DIFFICULTIES: StoP- PAGE OF WATER ‘The cause is uric acid in the system which is to be cleansed by drinking plenty of pure water, Detained urine i caused by inflamma. tion and swelling inside the bladder, neck and lands causing obstruction, Urine disorder causes pain in the back and bladder. If this disorder is not caused. by stone it can be casily remedied. For relief, a cooling boil Love Vine and dink, The treatment is the 53.1. TO STRENGTHEN WEAK BLADDER Slices of the young green sour sop with skin, boil the frit and seeds to made a tea, take twice daly ull recovery Crushed Sapodilla Seed and boiled relieves stoppage of water. Crushed Cashima Seed and boiled relieves stoppage of water. Boiled leaves of vervine relieves stoppage of To strengthen Weak Bladder in young children, the heare of the ripe sour sop fruit isto be caren 54.0 DROPSY Dropsy is a watery Maid in the tissues and other organs in the body; as chest and abdor ‘men, It can be caused through defects of the heare and lungs, liver and kidney. Sometimes hen the liver and galtbladder are seriously = ‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO diseased causing the blood to become poison- fous. When the red corpuscles die, éropsy develops. It also develops when the kidneys sre not functioning property. “Treatment: No rich foods, flesh or pies. Food should be eaten as dry as possible Farine from the bitter eassva, should be caten dry, It consumes the water. HEADACHES ‘There ate ree types of headaches: ner- vous headache, rcadache which i EEG disorder ofthe ver and ce eating ‘of too much rich food and nor taking enouglt ‘exercise. The other headache is caused by bad stomach through indigestion or aver work of. the rin of the body. ““reatmient: Foot bath, hot tea, julee, rest, relaxation, green vegetables and fruits “Treatment for drinking: To 3 teaspoons of aloes add 1% teaspoons of molasses and 14 teaspoons of coal powder mix witha little ‘water. To be taken once per day for2 week, after which to take 2 purge of 2 teaspoons of milk of magnesia mixed with 1 teaspoon of Andeews Liver Salts in warm water, efter ‘which a hot teacup of tea, Relax and tepest During the course drink cooling of carrot ‘water, burnt bread or bzley water ‘TONSILITIS ‘Tonsilitis comes through ieregular stomach, wrong diet. When one eats 100 much foodX DOUBLE HIBISCUSTREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERES OF 37 ‘TRINIDAD & TORAGO. ‘ousing some not to be digested. The excess femains and turns poisonous causing the throat to become swollen and sore, affecting the tonsils. Sight hot fermentation can be applied ‘Treatment: 1) Gargle with boiled shining bush water added to alum powder once per day cll recovery. 2) Gargle with boiled Hog plum leaves added to alum powder 3) A child's dose of charcoal powder, aloes and molasses. EAR DEFECT. ar troubles are caused by cold, gx, ton sils, neuralgia. The symptoms are ringing in ‘the eas, itching and pain. “Treatment: Refined eamphorated oil, soaked into cotton wool and placed outside the ear; also ginger powder stuffed in cotton ‘wool removes gas in the ears. Apply 3 drops of lukewarm Canadian Healing Oil in che affected ear or moisten cotton with Canadian Healing Oil and scuff Chlovomy cetin eat drops Tropical 5% REMOVING SEA WATER FROM EARS Pill mouth with sea warer, Shake ell i becomes heated, then pour and full ears, jerk back and drain eas. Ss )) TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO §.2 REMOVING ANTS AND OTHER INSECTS FROM EARS Pour urine in ear, let soak for a while eck and drain out, 58.0. VARICOSE VEINS Varicose veins are enlarged veins caused by long standing on feet and slow circulation. Patient should take a simple but nourishing diet. The bowels should be regulated 3 simes ‘sily. Fier aid ra ‘top the bleeding of a burst vein, The bucne cloth of a vest onto the area land bandaged will stop the blood and get che vein enieed back, Take a course of charcoal powder, aloes and molasses 58.1 FOR SWOLLEN AND STIFF VEINS ‘Annoint with Red Lavender and lard oF cookeen affected area Take a course of coal, powder, aloes and molasses, Dose 1# teaspoons of coal powder to 1% teaspoons molasses and 3 teaspoons aloes mix in alittle water, once per day for 9 ‘ays. Relax and repeat. Drink cooling 58.2 FOR SWOLLEN VEINS, FOR PAIN AND HARDNESS UNDER FOOTSOLE. Apply Red Lavender and mutton fat ‘Take a course of aloes and molases. Drink cooling \‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 39 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 59.0 NERVOUSNESS ‘Treatment: The white of an epg beaten with orange juice, taken once per day for 9 days, relax and repeat, ‘The white of an eqg beaten with 2 ex spoons of aloes, juice 2 teaspoons of honey, once per day for 7 days. Relax and repeat according to recovery. $0 TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 'TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Take a course of coal powder and alos, Dose to 114 teaspoons of coal powder ad 3 teaspoons of aloes, mix a litle water once per day for 9 days. Relax and repeat. Take a purge after treatment. Relax for 1 or 2 weeks and repeat, BRONCHITIS. Bronchitis when not treated becomes acute and will develop into tubereslosis of the lungs. The symptoms are sensitive coughing and shortness of breach The treatment: Shark or whale oil, f not availabe, loose cod lver oil, honey, moleses 600 EYE DEFECT ye troubles comes from irregularity of lhe ‘stomach dough unhealthy food” and drink, where they receive their nourishment Unhealthy food and drink causes impure blood inthe circulation which cartes the blood to the eyes and weakens them, ‘Take green tea water treatment. and lime juice. Method: To % of a pint of Shark or Whale oi, or Cod Liver oll add pint of a4 pine of molases; 54 of a % pint of honey and Preparation for green tea water for eyé wash ‘To a large teacup of water add 1 teaspoon of Red Rose green tea, boil and strain, add water to dregs, and boil over, add sufficient ‘water to fil a half bordle when both amounts are combined. Cool and borte, Tie a sting around the neck of botte, double tie as itis ‘to hang on a tre forthe dew and sun. Uncork. bottle, tie a fine ner cloth over bore head t0 keep away dust. To be kept hanging on he tee always. ‘A person's eyes should be washed if pos sible every day to remove dust, and germs contracted through the atmosphere. For swelling under the eye apply Witch- Haze liquid. ~ 6 tblspoons of lime juice, mix properly and bore Dosage: 1 tablespoon 3 times daily before ‘meals and { tablespoon at hed time. On completion of medicine take a purge of ‘Milk of Magnesia mixed with Andrews Liver Salts in warm water accompanied with « hot cup of tea. If necessary treatment can be repeated. The mixture must not be prepared in a great quantity as it ferments, Mis fo" 1 or 2 days. 2 tablespoons of Shark Oil to 2 ‘ablespoons of honey, 2 tablespoons of Con densed milk, and 4 tablespoons of lime juice Mix properly. After 2 weeks treatment of mixture take a purge. Relax 2 week! andTREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCALHERBS OF 41 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO covery. 620 ASTHMA Asta ts 4 dease of congestion inthe lungs tfectng the bronchial ae, he aac of shortness of breath and wheezing in the stomach is operated by the ehunging of the Inoon. and is comected. withthe carbon hse! en ea by sep 1) Stak of While oil or loose Cod Liver sik honey” Condensed milk and ime juice. To 4 pint of Shak or Whale bil add % pint of honey 4 tne of Con- Seed milk and 5 spoons of lime juice tent propery and bot Deel 1 tsbespoon times daly before ineals and tablespoon at bed tine. On Compledon of medine take purge of Mile of Magness with Androns Liver Salts mived in watm water accompanid ‘ith a hor cap oft If necsary ca mentite pal The me ma ot be prepared in gest gent aie ferment Mit for ior 2 days 2 table spo 0 Conia ian 4 le {boon of lime jue, mix prop. Ue for adults one ablapoon tree times daly before meals and f blspocn se bed time. Patent must tke » purge er taking the mixtte for 2 weeks then repeat weatnient, Relax and repeat tll re- TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO relax for a week or two and repeat treat ment. Relax and repeat till recovery. 2) Immediate cute for Asthma. A house lizard, creole name checka-check, tin boiling water, one dose cures the disease 3) Wood ants nest with wood ants; a small pices boiled in a teacup of tea once per Gay for 7 days; notice improvement, can be repeated. Catch i large snail, remove the shell and tench properly, fry in Olive oi to nothing, rain, cool, add equal amount of molasses and shark oil and botte . Dose: 1 tabiespoon 3 times daily and 1 at ‘bed time. In completion of medicine take purge. Can be repeated till recovery. 5) Molasses, Olive Oi, and 6 drops of Acetic acid, bottle, Dose 25 above. To be repea- ted. 46) Soil contains minerals. A soil which is clean and healthy free from germs, col Teered, boiled, settle, and stain. Drink reacup three times daly for a week heals Asthma. Take 2 purge, relax and repeat unl recovery. 4 63.0 MENSTRUATION ‘ “Menstruation out of the regular time comes ‘through undernourishment the lack of fiesh ir, sunshine, proper exercise, bad food, con: fripation, causing nervousness. Preveyulaity ms PoTREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 43 6a TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ako comes cough the diseases of kidny of the liver, Excess menstruation not chan will affect the womb, 2 Treatment: A course of molasses, Dose: 2 teaspoons in a teacup of hot water ‘once per day for 2 weeks, Bowels must be kept free with a movement of 2 or 3 times per day, Hot molasses over fire mixed with aloes. Dose: 1 teaspoon molasses, 1 tepoon aloes once per day for 3 weeks, Bowels must be kept free with 2 or 4 mavements per day PAINFUL MENSTRUATION Painful menstruation comes through const- pation and other causes. The bowel has to be egulated. 1f necessary” hot fermentation is to be applied on the abdomen and the-spine. ‘Keep in bed, especially the first day. Give fermentation as long a possible and repeat. This will give relief to the pains. The patient limbs and feet should be kept warm, Teke 8 Painkiller tablet with a hot cup of tea. ‘Treatment; 1) Hot stout swizzled with aloes juice, Dose: 2 pints of Royal Extra Stout, divided in 4 for 4 days treatment. Hot and swizzled with 3 teaspoons of aloes nice Treatment for Menopause 1) Take a course of charcoal powder, aloes, and molasses, ~ "TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 2) Boil guava and cashew bark, drink at intervals. Keep in refrigerator. This stops Ibaemorrhage 3) Boil fat pork roots, and leaves with cotton leaves, Drink at intervals, It stops hhsemorthage 64.0 HEAD COLD Head colds are contagious and comes from low resistance in the body. “Treatment: To % pint of Puncheon Rum ‘add 2 square comphors, soak the mould ofthe head for 7 nights, at the end of which takes purge of Milk of Magnesia miced with ‘Andrews Liver Salts in warm water accom panied with 2 hot cup of tea, When taking this treatment take no shower baths. Bathe in lukewarm water, Treatment can be re: peated till recovery. Boiled grated coconut milk with Rove Marie and strain, add square camphor, pepper: rint and easy oi, Direction: Same as above. “To 1 nip of Puncheon Rum, add pound singer, small quantity add Rose Marie boiled in Coconut Oi, place in a mug. Cover and et soak for a half day before starting treatment. Stain before applying on the mould of the head, souk properly, placing a cap over the head. Apply on mornings once per day for 9 days Then take 2 purge. Relax and repeat til recovery. Bathe io lukewarm water,‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 45 65.0 66.0 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO DISEASE OF THE LUNGS ‘The lungs occupy a greater part of the chest one on each side of the heart which is in the central position. Their outer surfaces are covered by membranes which continue Tining the inner sufaces of the chest wall. As in the liver they are subjected to diseases of cancer, tuberculosis and several others, ‘Trearment White of an epg, honey and aloes: Swizzle the white of an egg, commen breed ‘em if possible, wo 2 teaspoons of honey and 2 teaspoons of aloes, to be taken once per day 3 days per week for 3 successive weeks after whieh t0 take a lighe purge. Relax for 7 days, fand repeat, This teatment must be taken regularly, DISEASE OF THE KIDNEY ‘The symptoms arc; back pain, fullness around the eyes, fever with headache and vomiting. ‘Treatment: Slice melongene with skin, soak in water and store in the fridge for inking. Take for 9 days, relax and repeat. Asparagus sprouts sold in a tin at any Supermarket, can be eaten also drink the water from the tin, Take for 9 days, relax and repeat. Boil 25 secds from the Rookoo to make a red juice. To be taken morning and evening for 5 days. Relax and repeat. ~ “TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERS OF Boil the rot of the Rookoo in a tea, take once aday for 7 days. Relax and repeat Boil Love Vine and drink. 67.0. SINUS Sinus troubles are caused by wrong eating habits, lack of exercise, the breathing of Jimpure air and const ‘ance in the ody of iodine. This resistance cannot be built up except we keep away ot void wha isthe cause of the defect. We will recover from sinus only by applying «pair of, filters in the nostrils made from sponge, ‘theough which we can breatbe freely. We then have to build the iodine in our bodies ‘The building up treatments are: sea moss, water cresses, garlic, fish, and other sea food and by doing sa bathing. ‘The symptoms are pain in che head, eye, ‘watery discharges from the nose and hay: fever. ‘Treatment: Keep the bowels wel cegulated and take the same treatment as for a head cold. ADENOII ‘Adenoids is disease of children, Similar to sinus, it isa growth in the nostril, which obstructs the breathing, ‘Treatment: For this defect 2chili's dose of charcoal powder, aloes and molasses which will dissolve the growth \‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCALHERRS OF 47 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 68.0. SLIPPED DISC Slipped disci sain inthe wait through 4 slide of strain causing an organ to become alsplaced between where the glands grow. Discs are jointed hones in the mide ofthe the body from the neck tothe hips. Aslippe disc causes severe pain ‘Treatment: ‘The fermented. mixture of White vinegu, square camphor, dy Rose Marie, burnt wansformer or eleeic el spite ‘of Amonia ant a pack of 5 razor blades To ferment place ingredients into a jer properly corked. Place jain the earth leaving the neck of the jar above the surface of the earth for 9 days, after which itis used for anointing the affected area. The anointing will disohe the land or matty and rng recovery tothe patient, 69.0 couGHS Cova ome hough dade ams, improper diet, los of sleep, improper cath, ing lack of exerese and fesh br cones through the inflammation of the treat ood trowel es [Ene Cough sap with all Hog pom les MarigshayAamobs Lisoise Jacthout or Corea, Seo flowers, Cone Mato, Red Hibscu flowers oe joer ‘ran and ar and bole rap, Dose Hof wine as tee tines dal before meals. c a (6 TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 69.1 SERIOUS COUGHS Fit weed ot Shandelia tea is good for a serious cough. Boil with lime juice and drink in tea twice daily til recovery. (COUGHS AND COLDS Boil Bois de Was flowers in tea to relieve coughs and colds. WHOOPING COUGH Whooping. cough starts like an ordinary cough and later becomes acute and sens tive. It comes through low resistance in the ody, bad food, poisoning the system and through the inflammation of the throat and bronchial tubes. ‘Treatment: Molasses, honey, cooking but- ter and Olive Oil Method: Dissolve the butter and mix with honey, molisses ind Olive oil. Mixture to be taken by the spoonful at interval ECZEMAS Eezemas are caused through certain foods that make impure blood, constipation at ‘the lack of sunshine and feesh air. ‘Treatment: The building up of the system by a nourishing diet, regulation of che bowels. ‘The drinking of Tisane, exercise rest and relaxation. Take 2 course of aloes, and mola ses, Drink cooling of carrot water.TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 48 ‘TRINIDAD & TOBAGO roa no no RASHES AND ITCHES For Rashes and heat on the body, grate currots, draw with boiled water and drink as cooling. Also drink burnt bread draw, and Drink Tisane and anoint the body with mixture of Borie Powder and Petroleum Jelly Vasine, Take « couse of slot, and MEASLES Measles i chit’, iis caused by sonsing gs ames form of ick rah on the body I oa contagious Aen tics stg has to be reed To bathe ests dent othe patent "retest: Boikd pumpin, amos, and bare. Drink plenty of tigi at only meen vegetables and rsh fue Take course of le and oases, SMALL POX Sinall Pox comes asa reddish bumpy rash on the face and ody with fevet and ching ‘Alot of bile pampkin and dink the watt also bly and tage abd drink the water. Some hot ginger te t0 drink. No bathing should tke pice daring the couse of Oe flment. Bung causes death tothe patient ‘Take a coute of aloes and molasses or BE sespoone of aes ina tuo bt water once per day for 9 ys Take 9 Fev andepeag YE THE 2 Pa, ~ so “TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF "FRINIDAD & TOBAGO 73.0 MUMPS Mumps is caused by virus which sacks che alary lands stirounding the mouth stating to the other pangs unde che a Bia gos Sellen and panfl and swallow Ine becomes cfc. It cases fever and Eusche "No. bahing sould take pee dhrg the cone of alment. resent, Warm ashes should be placed in bag and around the aw. Bod pumpkin Soutbe ecen and the sae for inking Picea coure of aloes and molases of 1 Titpooor ef maser in teacup of hot ei once per dey for9 days. Aer whieh Whe pug. Relax and repeat Drak cooling tf erot water or are wate 74.0 RHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS Rheumatism and Artic cased through cilia the blood and waste mater expose Tice and cold, wrong det, which fils dhe ‘Jaro wih uric ach and poisons which the Be ney and bladder se unable wo dir pos of For raking 1) Scanerparin P Tablet, When the pain » SSeetake 1 ale 3 cmes dil after free. When pain is less severe the 1 {abe in he morning and 1 at night. Can be taken along with any other medicine 2) Boil 7 sogatcae leaves, when holed to : produce 1 large bottle of water. Keep‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO relgersted and drink for 7 days, after whieh take ¢ prge. Relax for 1 wec, then repeat 7 days agnin 2 second tine Take t purge, Relax apni 1 week and repeat did tine 10 end the coun, Relax and repeat Fer Anointing 1) To a smal bot of White Vinegar add 2 square eamphors, dry Rose Mie, 6 Spoons of burnt transformer of elecxe Gil sie of Amonia and « pack of $ asor blades 2) Mixture ~ 1 bore of transformer or lee ol boc of Puncheon Rus, 1 pint of IG. Bay rum, 1 tbe of Benge Biham, 1 bot of Minar or BN, Le ment, 1 bote of Slons’Linameng, tl tote Absobim ligid animal ype used for horses, 2 tins of Tiger Balm, 7 bose of Tiger Ol snd 1 bore of ley Hoe Ol 3) AM Epson Sales in hot water and apply fn affected aren. Dry and anoim eich Imusteol or say otter omen, When appving hor fermentation on the body Keep. a wee bandage with inacl 20d water sound the hed 4) Bay rum aid to square camphor, and pale 5) Add Menthol Crystal a glasey suff ro Hicks, cokeen or pel jy va ne and dsolved into a paste Anca he affected ae i ~ “TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERES OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 750 APPENDECITIS : ‘Appendecis comes trough constipation, woe and regular et easy aod fed Tee ool nd stiltig Fook Symptoms ae pan sound he nach vomang and constipation, When a at Paaferea paint shoal go ona iid di Tresments Ene, 4 ho herb tx and hoe pout. 760 PNEUMONIA Prcumoia comes thrgh sare cold contacted in he body smesies By Seng tee hen itis very Hot, ionng, aking, Merion inte fla ant oon ong Shower bath when th bod is ota gO wit refer, ao comes wih fete emiting a eovehing rcathant & hot bath of Tine with bash toilets 1 hoe ven and vest aft, Sue {eaten a for Stroke No. #2. Sweating forthe Pcumonia Patient ‘To Phonchcon Rom add gratal Nutme and aoe ane in 2 fying pan, 2d ight in it when meted rb he pase Geo ik 3 dose of pot soa in hot water Give the patient dove of Cato Ol After recovery Enhe prem wih bed bamboo avs Tmmedtacely afer bath pe hr ep oft wrth oiled on ssed wth sou‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 53 ‘TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 77.0 LEPROSY Leprosy is an ancient disease. Common when people live largely on fish and meat using very litde fruits and vegetables. The skin breaks, becomes spotted, ulcerated and decay. In severe cases the fingers and ces rap of, Treatment: A course of charcoal powder, aloes and molasses, Relax and repeat sill recovery, 78.0 CHOLERA Bp. & Cholera usually begins with watery di hhoea, often there is vomiting accompanied by great pain. A hot enema should be applied to the patient Patient should be given pepper~ ‘mint oil in tea. Oatmeal should be given and Sago water to drink 2ecooling. As this disease ly contagious, linn, and utensils used by the patient should be disinfected. ‘Treatment: A course of molasses in a tea ‘up of water once per day for 2 weeks, Relax and repeat, 0_ VERTICULAR DISEASE OF THE COLON 7 Verticular. disease of the Colon is a very rare disease in the world. It comes by tiny growths, spreading right through the inside of the intestines getting ic thinned, causing the patient a form of diarhoes, ‘Treatment: Tisane along with a course of charcoal powder, aloes and molasses, “TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 80.0 PLEURESY Pleuresy is caused through severe cold (ove ey "Peet" ie ti and vet. The (\ babs teal be of gens ye sa Se pian baling ) 2 Borie of a ne pot ote | Sat ae be bth ry bly ope | ett coe Gib ted eel Se Spa tale fos ares A be Pabab pbc iy ad apy ching otra ition eres cap of tat sno one pe yb 3a hae Rela ade PYORRHEA Pyorrhea is the swelling and bleeding of ‘the gum and loosing of the teeth ‘Treatment: Gums are to be soaked with the water of oiled coconst roots mixed with bicarbonate of soda (better known as par soda) or allum powder, DIPHTHERIA Diphtheria _is a poisonous, contagion isease affecting the throat and upper air passage Symptoms are vomittng, diarthoea, cil, hoarseness, and. difficulty in swallowing Cause is through impure blood by impure ‘ilk and food and too much starch ‘Treatment: 2 teaspoons of molasses in a“TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 55 430 84.0 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO teacup of hot water onee per day for 9 da Relax and repeat. ae 7 ANAEMIA, Anaemia is 2 blood disease of a rundowe condition, pale colour, breathlesines. It i caused by undernourishment by one subject ‘to Malaria fever and loss of blood through hnaemorthage. The blood has to be built wp with irom, meat, liver, greens, fruits, vegetables, milk and fsb, Zabocca leaves when boiled turns red and is good for eplacing red blood, HAY FEVER, Hay fever is 2 tickling in the nose accom- panied by sneezing and irritation in the bron- chial ‘ube with coughing and defects in breathing as Asthma. It is caused by the pollen dst of certain flowers at certain times ff the year to people of low resistance in iodine, Patients are to avoid places where flowers affect them and build up thei low resistance in iodine by taking sea moss, fish, talc, garden vegetables and beans. Do a lot ‘of set bathing, Patient should apply a protec: ‘ion of sponge in the nostrils through which he or she ean breathe to filter whatever causes the instation. This sponge should be washed, ried and. kept clear for proper bresthing Patients ean sleep and wake with it, Always apply Vicks inthe nostri, ~ 56 TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 350 36.0 86.1 810, "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO GASTROENTERITIS Gastroenteritis is a disease which claims the lives of babies, and young children. Iris 4 serious, contagious disease caused through bad food, and stagnant water, “Treatment: Bo guava bark, cashew bark, fac pork roots with leaves and cotton leaves, Give to patient ro drink at imervals [DEFECTED FINGER NAILS, ETC. ‘This defect comes from the excess caustic soda applied in washing soap and sozp powder. “Treatment: Borie powder mixed with ‘Vaseline (Reweolevm Jelly) applied to the affected part every “night, heals back to orm WHITLOW OR ABSESS OF THE FINGERS Whiclow or absss of the fingers is painful swelling in the finger with inflammation, Use hot and cold weatment in the early stage. “Treatment: Bandage spot with pound garlic and pot salt. Remove the heart of the cats and place the finger in the skin, the cuets will draw out the inflammation, NEURALGIA, For Neuralgia square camphor, added 10 Spizit of Amonia and coconut ol for annoi ing 10 face Apply a bandage, soaked with Pupcheon zum around the face“TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 57 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1880 DANDRUFF ‘The cause of dandratf in the hair is through the lack of sufficient oil in the body. “Treatment: Apply to the roots of the hair Sulphur 8 Pomade (can be bought in the Pharmacy). Take a course of Seven Seas Cod Liver Oil capsules. Relax and repeat. ATHLETE'S FEET ‘Athlete's Feet is caused through a ground itch, which is due to 2 germ. The teatment Pound garlic, added to pot salt, apply. becween the toes, Repeat till recovery is obtained. INFLAMMATION OF THE SPLEEN OR LARAT . Inflammation of the spleen or Larat comes with # severe pain on the left side accom- panied witha ell and fever. ‘Treatment: Hot fermentation must be applied which has to be repeated until ree covery. For patent alight nourishing diet and plenty of fruits. Take 2 course of aloes and molasses. ‘THE BUILDING UP OF BONES, TEETH, SPINE AND NAILS ‘To build up bones, teeth, spine and nails use isinglss for Calm, Ie is an extract from the bladder of certaim fish. x 58 TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERES OF TRINIDAD & TORAGO 92.0 RESISTANCE AGAINST POISON Scrape the horn of a deer and drink in tea ‘or water as resistance against poison LOTA AND OTHER SPOTS ON THE SKIN This defect comes through poisonous and rundown conditions in the bloody itis also 2 contagious disease, Treatment 1) A course of Tisune to cleanse the blood. Apply on Lotz and other spots crushed Wild Senna leaves in a litle water added toa tip of pot salt. 2) Apply Olive Oil mixed with the juice of the rough skin lemon, 3) Apply starch powder with lite diluted vinegar in water 4) Apply Milk of Sulphur added to Petr: leum Jelly in a paste on affected area, ‘Take a course of aloes and molasses, drink cooling of carrot water and barley. TO REMOVE BLACK SPOTS For skin defects 10 remove black spots, squeeze the juice of the rough skin lemon, mix with olive oll and ancine area Take a course of aloes and molasses, TO REMOVE WHITE SPOTS ON THE BoDy \ Apply nine leaves ofthe Tre vine in a large‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 5? ‘TRINIDAD & TOBAGO bottle of White wine “Label Blanc”. Uncor bottle tie a fine net over bottle head to kee away dust. Tie a twine around bottle neck as it is to hang on a tee forthe dew, To be kept fon the tre only at nights. Remove and Kee) ein the house daring the day time. Dose: of a wine glass once per day. WEAKNESS IN THE WOMB, For weakness in the womb for mother Ising babies; clean soil healehy and feee from ‘germs contains minerals. Collect, boil, sete and stain. Dose: Drink 1 teacup as tea twice daily before meals for 9 days. Can be repeated. FOR MOTHERS AFTER DELIVERY OF & BABY Wild Coffee or Cafe Beb plant roots, boiled in tistne i a good treatment for mothe:s afer delivery of a baby. AILMENTS OF BABIES ‘Treatment for Gripe and Boils in babies: 1) The juice of the crushed sweet broom mixed with Olive Ol. ose: 1 baby teaspoon, 2) The leaves of the Karaket bush boiled in tea with milk for gripe in babies, ‘Treatment for Boils: Wild potato or Bird Pepper leaves. Heat on 1 candle to soften. Sap the boil with hot ~ (TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 'TRINIDAD & TOBAGO water, then apply soft candle or iodex on leaf and place on the boil, This trestmene to be applied wie daly MARISMUS IN BABIES Anoint the baby all over with mutton fat and drink by drops mutton fat in hot tex Boil Congo Lala and Shining bush leaves, ive baby to drink for 9 days, eink milk of the Shining Bush leaf ta, ‘TEETHING Boil Rabbit Brain and rob thet gums when teething; this helps to grow teeth fast and song aust Thrush ta white coating on the tongue of babes accompanied with nflanmation ened by germs resent : 1) The tongue and mouth isto be washed in boiled shining bush water with alum powder ade 2) Add molascs wih Bicarbonate of Sod in water and was the tongue an meth of the baby, "a 5) Wrap a plese of linen on the fine, in gid and wash she tongue an mouth of th baby i‘TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERS OF 61 TRINIDAD & TORAGO 96.0 TETE WORMS Preparation of Poultice: To 1 Ib corm meal add % Ib of sulphate of zine. Boil like corn co0coo. When boiled add 4 spoons of lime juice. Let cool. Wash affeeved area with lime juice. Get young Moko or Balisie leaf, warm, ‘over fire. Apply medicine on affected area, ‘Cover with leaf, bandage and tie, leave for 3 days, After removing contents there will be some white Title objects like jiggerss take them out with a pointed small stick, Wash atfected area with Condes Crystals fluid dry and apply Arcowroot powder till the afecred area dies. Then apply Nixoderm ointment. Ifthe treatment is not satisfactory repeat the medicine stronger. During the course of treatment, Tisane medicine should be drunk to cleanse the blood, Fry ripe sour sop fruit with lard, let cool add warm lamp or shark oil on affected part with the same method as above. Apply strong ram to dry tobacco leaf on suspected area which is usualy swollen and painful. Leave overnight. Strip off next morning, Some worms may stick to leaf. In the flesh worms will be seen as smal greyish white (resembling) ocho seeds, This should De removed, To cure brown bluestone until white, A small lump half inch in diameter, ‘Mix thoroughly with flour paste and apply 2 ieee arcing comely. 4 ~ "TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 97.0 REMOVAL OF CATARACT AND PHELAM INTHE EYES ag Shell preparation with Domino Costa Table, ute Cane Suge to move Caaact thd Phelam i he eyes, Common, siting fowl ogg sell fer chickens hatch, collect clean ven light fuching om the stove Grind wich a botle Bo piece of paper. Ten in an ene! plate Seth clean stone from the sa. Sift and rink over and over to get propery thinned oa powdered forms Store in 2 bore Grate Domino Cube Loat Sugar that ean be oughe in USA, grind with stone and sift “The sugar is to be prepared when the patient is about to take = seatment, when both medicines are, mixed together the SpE comes moldy. Mix lar epg shell powder romore sar powder, ey dst applied once per day for 9 days after which to. stop and wash eye for three days with bed por salt wae. Stop tye wash and apply powder ever dy for? dys Stop and wish eve agen for ee dy then stop the eye wash. Apply power for$ days ona stretch fer whieh top and ash for ee days agin then the eye art eas fiom tseament and note for improvement Tf nccessary i should be repeated Preparation for Bye Wash ‘To one pint of water apply 1 teaspoonful ‘of pot sat bol, coo, stain and ote for se a!“TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCALHERBSOF 63 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO In applying powder it should not fall on the pupil of the eye. When applying the commer of the right eye the patient should look sideways to clesr che pupil from the comer which is to be opened and drop the powder. It would roll a litle lke gravel and fase up. When the powder is applied in the eye it should be kept closed for 2 while If kept open it would move tothe eye lashes. VOMITING Vomitting is sometimes caused through indigestion or gas in the stomach and in patients suffering fom cancer, hernia, ulce- Fated stomach, piles and jaundice Treatment» Boil and dink tea of Bud-Bud root, sweet broom root and gauva buds which are young leaves. Drink swizzled egg whites. "Coke Cola also stops vomiting UPSET STOMACH AND THE ENTIRE SYSTEM ‘The leaves of the Orobumbs bush boiled ‘with orange peel beings immediate relief. UPSET FROM ALCOHOL Bathe the face and head with soda water and give soda water to drink URINE THERAPY From a book “The Water of Life” by JW. Armstrong. ~ (4 TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 100.0 ‘This treatment is good for Cancer, Diabe tes, Overweight, Baldness and other ailments. Go on a fast of drinking your own urine day And night and water shoul be used only from the tap. Drink no ice water; ou can go on 5 days fast and stop. You can fast on the brine end water until you are cured, ‘Another remedy is to have stale urine sored in 2 bottle two days or more and rub the face, head, neck and feet. Give ita good ub down unti it becomes dry. You can rub the whole body. If there are any lumps, do rot rub but make a compress of the urine. ‘A. compress is different foldings of cloth soaked with urine. Also apply compress on the painful areas. Do not rab ‘After you are improved you can still con tinue to drink your urine every day, glass in the morning and in the evening. After brea ing your fast do not eat any greasy or heavy food or milk. Drink juice, light parched flour pporcidge, fruits, 3 days after the fast you ean ‘use well. seasoned steamed fish, without gress, biscuits and coffee. After breaking the fase 2 light meals for a few days, Do not luse any grease up to two weeks until the body becomes normal, HOW TO APPLY HOT FERMENTATION Hot fermentation must not be activeon the body. ‘A hot water bag, must be pl nel, towel or blanker and applied t cred"TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 65 ‘TRINIDAD & TOBAGO In applying hot fermentation with a Llanket in boiled water, che water should be kept boiling in 2 pan. Dip a portion of the blanket in the boiling water, Wring out the water, place blanket in a folding material land apply on the patient. Give fermentation ‘ll relief In doing this treztment, the patient's Thead must be bandaged with a damp cloth with Limacol and tipi water 100.1. COMPRESSES ‘A compress is similar to a poultice. It is composed of several folds of cloth in which ‘you can apply hot ot cold. 1f 2 warm appli tation is Wanted, several foldings are 10 be used to avoid dripping. A compress has to be changed to suit the temperature of the 101.0 CHARCOAL What is Charcoal? Charcoal is a black shining brittle, that cannot be dissolved in 2 fluid. It has no taste, Te is made in a pit ‘covered with earth or burnt in the open air. ‘The nature of charcoal powder is similar toa sponge. It draws and consumes objects Its actions ate very great. It absorbs, poison, germs, impurities, ete 1011 ALOES is a plane of the Cactus family. 1 is ve ive in teatments of skin diseases 65 TREATMENT & CURES WITH LOCAL HERES OF 101.2 1020 "TRINIDAD & TOBAGO and fungui 1¢ cures bacteria and isa natural antibiotic, It heals sores and ill viruses, Te contains potassium, MOLASSES. Molasses is made from the juice of the Sugar Cane, Iti ich in iron, calcium, pocas- sium, magnesium and other vitamins. FASTING ‘The Lord instituted fasting for both spit tual and physical health, fasting acts as a medicine for the body. We must know how to fast and its results Long. fasting is not healthy. Short fasting for 2 day or two brings good rests, expe ially when we drink plenty of water and do deep breathing exercises. After we have com- pleted our day of fasting we must not eat a lot of food. This would not be counted as a day of fast Fasting means not to eat anything all day until the next day. When too much food is taken after fasting it results in injury to the system. Abstinence from rich food is very eszental for the body. To et pin food that provides energy inclading green vewe tables and fruits gives the system a chance to ‘purify itself of poisonous substances, ‘When eating food that does nor gv nourishment, one becomes, underniishe! Improperly prepared food, fet peo" duces" poor blood, The weih ser nourished must be very careful when fasting.‘TREATMENTS CURES WITH LOCAL HERBS OF 67 SU ERINIDAD & TOBAGO 103.0. TISANE PREPARATION Sisal or Langbeff root Sasparila Root Coconus Root Mayok-Shi-pel Root Male Paw Paw Root Curler Root (Cin—Cona Bark ‘Wild Senna Root Vervine Root Minnie Root Canvvere or Wild Cane Root {Cass Root or Bark Sasafois Bark Senna Leaves ‘Wash roots, boil, sere overnight, strain, bottle, ad Epson Salts to preserveINDEX ‘Anacmi, Hay Feves 5S. ‘Ropendesiis 52 ‘stima, 41. Blades, 35 Boils, 12. ij Bronchitis 40. Cancer, 31. Gompresses, charcoal, ‘Ales, 65. Constipation, 15. Dandruff, Aublete's Feet, Taflammation of the Spleen or Lataty The building wp of bones, teeth, spin and nals, 57 Diabet, 6.7 Digestive Press, 2 Disease of the Langs, Disease of the Kidey, 4s Disease of the liver, ‘omnia or sleeplessness, s. Dog bite, mail or fish tone ‘rick, removal of stall Bone from the tra Sake and soorpi0n se 2. ay a Bar defect, removing sea ‘water from ear, 37 ar, respiration, nV. Eyed P Eye wash, lumps in ihe bust, iaflammaton Falls, for blows and ‘sweling onthe bods, 10 relieve inditferent fee- ings in body, gangrene ortetms,2400 Fermentation = How t0 ‘apply hot, 64 sh eyed com, ring ‘worm, bleeding, 2. Gastroenteritis, defected finger nails, etc, whitlow or absess of the fingers, neuralgia, she ng et Got, piles, 34 Head cold, 44, Headaches, Tonsil, 36, Hiccough, shingle oF couley, 23, Heart troubles, how to ‘leans blood (impure), nl High blood pressu-e - How to "regulate, malaria, 9. Leprosy, cholera, verti- cular disease of the colon, $3 ‘Leukaemia, 32. Low blood pressure « How to regulate, alae ria fever, Marismus. in. babies, teething, thnsh, 60. Menstruation, 42 Molasses, fasting. 6. ‘TREATMES ‘Mumps, theumatism a0 ‘ais, 50. Nervousness, 38. Obesity or Overweight jaundice, 21. painful menstruation, 43 Paralysis, 25 Preursey, pyortea, iP vera 54, Rashes, iehes, measles small pox, 49. ‘Removal of eataract and ‘hlegm in she eye 62 Removal of ants and ther insects from €2> waricose veins, swollen Ta suft vein, svallen veins for pain and hardness under £00! sale, 38, AN Resistance against pol- son, Tota and other Spots on skit 10 Femove black SPOt ‘white spets, 58. heurtaatism and ati: tis, 50. Serious coughs. colds. ‘whooping. cOUE! ‘ecremas, 48, ‘sinus Adenoids, 46, Slipped dise, coughs 47 Sickle cell, fibroids, emia, tumors, 33 Sprains and strains of ra CURES WITHLOCALHERDS SSF ARINIDAD & TOBAGO muscles, hot foot bith, 1. Swollen leg (Elephan- isis), 18, ‘Tote worms, 61. ‘The sree ‘sane preparation 6, “Tupereolois, dysentery 13 Uleers and sores, 20. Uieerated stomach, 30. Veneral dscas Herpes, et 27. ‘vomiting, upset stomach Sd the entire system, 6. ‘Weakness in the wombs or _mothers after delivery. 59. ‘Wortns in babies, 205 im the stomach and bowels, 19. wares, ga stones. 14 Yellow fever, typhoid fever, 10 ~. oy | ‘ht tinea ee