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Figure 12 – Pulp from P. biglobosa known locally as dobulong Medicines derived from P. biglobosa are of value to a rural community that cannot afford or have access to “modern medicine”. The importance of the tree and its products as medicine perhaps is the origin for its name. The name of the tree and food product, dawadawa is from Hausa, the lingua franca of West Africa, spoken by over fifty million in this part of the continent. Hausa borrowed a great number of words from Arabic, and greatly influenced its vocabulary (Salloum 2001). In Swahili, a language also Arabic in origin, dawa is defined as medicament, anything supplied by a doctor, including charms and talisman used by native medicine men and Dawa ya miti-shamba is herbal medicine, made from leaves, bark, roots or trees (Swahili-English Dictionary 1939). In my interviews, I asked for uses for P. biglobosa other than food and the foremost use is for medicine. To relieve diarrhea, the bark is boiled to make a tea. For 54
infections, wounds, and fever the bark is boiled and applied topically. Several authors have reported on the medicinal uses and treatments summarized in Table 3 (Hall et al 1997, Booth 1988, Abbiw 1990) Table 3 - Medicinal Uses from P. biglobosa Source material Preparation Medicinal use Bark Toothache Gum extract Diarrhea Ear complaints Mouthwash Macerated in bath Leprosy, skin infections, sores, ulcers Bronchitis, pneumonia Colic Decoction Schistosomiasis Rheumatism Circumsion wounds, general wounds Leaves Lotion preparation Sore eyes Burns Crushed Hemmorhoids Toothache Bronchitis Flowers Grilled and macerated Hypertension Infusion Lumbago Flower bud Leprosy prophylactic Pulp Diuretic, purgative fever Seeds Tension Pounded with salt Mouth ulcers Fermented Skin infections Decoction Wasp and bee stings Roots Diarrhea, dysentery Eye infections Decoction Guinea worm Decoctions, concentrating an extract by boiling, are used to impart water resiliency to floors, walls, and ceramic pots. Dooro is the Nankani name for the husk emptied of the seeds and pulp. My neighbor, Mr. Avaala, boiling a large pot of husks, first introduced me to dooro. This ‘sour water’ produced from steeping and boiling the husks is mixed with mud to produce a plaster to paint the walls of his house (Figure 13). 55
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infections, wounds, and fever the bark is boiled and applied topically. Several authors<br />
have reported on the medicinal uses and treatments summarized in Table 3 (Hall et al<br />
1997, Booth 1988, Abbiw 1990)<br />
Table 3 - Medicinal Uses from P. <strong>biglobosa</strong><br />
Source material Preparation Medicinal use<br />
Bark<br />
Toothache<br />
Gum extract<br />
Diarrhea<br />
Ear complaints<br />
Mouthwash<br />
Macerated in bath<br />
Leprosy, skin infections, sores, ulcers<br />
Bronchitis, pneumonia<br />
Colic<br />
Decoction<br />
Schistosomiasis<br />
Rheumatism<br />
Circumsion wounds, general wounds<br />
Leaves Lotion preparation<br />
Sore eyes<br />
Burns<br />
Crushed<br />
Hemmorhoids<br />
Toothache<br />
Bronchitis<br />
Flowers<br />
Grilled and macerated Hypertension<br />
Infusion<br />
Lumbago<br />
Flower bud<br />
Leprosy prophylactic<br />
Pulp Diuretic, purgative<br />
fever<br />
Seeds<br />
Tension<br />
Pounded with salt<br />
Mouth ulcers<br />
Fermented<br />
Skin infections<br />
Decoction<br />
Wasp and bee stings<br />
Roots<br />
Diarrhea, dysentery<br />
Eye infections<br />
Decoction<br />
Guinea worm<br />
Decoctions, concentrating an extract by boiling, are used to impart water<br />
resiliency to floors, walls, and ceramic pots. Dooro is the Nankani name for the husk<br />
emptied <strong>of</strong> the seeds and pulp. My neighbor, Mr. Avaala, boiling a large pot <strong>of</strong> husks,<br />
first introduced me to dooro. This ‘sour water’ produced from steeping and boiling the<br />
husks is mixed with mud to produce a plaster to paint the walls <strong>of</strong> his house (Figure 13).<br />
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