adelfa (nerium oleander)

Folkloric uses:

- Herpes zoster (skin): Crush leaves, mix with oil and apply on

lesions. Do not apply on raw surface. Milky juice of the plant is

irritating. Caution: Not to be taken internally.

- Herpes simplex: Mix 1 cup of chopped leaves and bark with 2

tablespoons of oil. Apply to lesions 3 times daily.

- Ringworm: Chop a foot long branch and mix with 1 cup chopped fresh

young leaves. Mix the juice with 5 drops of fresh coconut oil. Apply

3 times daily.

- Snake bites: Pound 10 leaves and a piece of branch. Apply poultice

to the wound.

- Root, locally and internally, used for abortion.

- Roots, made into paste with water, used for hemorrhoids.

- Roots and bark used externally for eczema, snake bites and as

insecticide.

- Fresh leaves applied to tumors to hasten suppuration.

 

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