okra (gumbo) with red fire bugs (explore)

Folkloric

· Decoction of roots and leaves as a tea or for washing.

· Decoction of young fruit useful for catarrh, urinary problems.

· Syrup from mucilaginous fruit used for sore throat.

· Infusion of roots used for syphilis.

· Poultice of roots and leaves for wound healing.

· Young pods for fevers, difficult urination and diarrhea.

· Decoction of roots for headaches, varicose veins, arthritis, fevers.

· Decoctions of leaves for abdominal pain.

· Decoction of immature fruit used as demulcent and emollient poultice.

· Decoction of leaves and flowers used for treatment of bronchitis and pneumonia.

· Leaves also useful as emollient poultice.

· Mucilage prepared from roots and leaves used for gonorrhea.

· Infusion of fruit mucilage used for treating dysentery and diarrhea, inflammation and stomach irritation.

· Fruit used as demulcent in gonorrhea and dysuria.

· Paste of seeds, mixed with milk, used for pruritic skin lesions.

· In Turkey, leaves used in preparation of medicine to reduce inflammation.

· In India, decoction of young fruit used for catarrh and urinary troubles. Also used for fevers, catarrhal attacks, genitourinary irritations such as dysuria, gonorrhea and leucorrhea, and in cases associated with scaling, pain, and difficulty passing urine.

· Bland mucilage used for dysentery, usually as soup.

· Seeds and tender pods eaten for spermatorrhea.

· Mucilage from from fruits and seeds of fresh, bruised capsules make an efficient, emollient poultice.

· Fruit decoction used as soothing demulcent remedy for throat irritations associated with coughing.

· Infusion of toasted seeds used for sudorific effect.

· Hindus consider the aromatic seeds as cooling, tonic, and carminative.

· In Annam, seeds considered antispasmodic.

· In the Antilles and Guiana, seeds considered stimulant, cordial, and antispasmodic.

· In Annam,

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