Health benefits of Jatropha curcas sap (lapa-lapa) in white tongue (efu) cleansing.
Good morning everyone,
This morning my mother woke up sick with temperature and headaches. Then grandma came to examine her (she's a retired nurse) and when she asked her to remover her tongue, it looked so white. This is called "efu" in my language. It could be very deadly if left untreated. Can cause severe headaches, loss of appetite, high fever etc. Not many people is familiar with this illness but traditionally, it is well known. One of the fastest way to treat it is by using Jatropha curcas sap (called lapa-lapa in my language).
Fortunately we have its plant in front of our house. So I went to tap some of its sap using cotton wool. First I cut the stalk of a leave then I put the cotton wool there to tap the sap.Below are pictures I took while tapping it's sap.
Once the cotton wool is fully soaked with the sap, I squeezed out the sap inside into a clean spoon then I gave it to her to drink and use to wash her tongue. Although it irritating and could make one to vomit which she did, that is a sign that it worked. All the ones on her tongue and inside her body will be washed out through the vomit. Now she's feeling much better.
Other health benefit of the sap are
- Strengthens the gum.
- Treat toothache
- Treat mouth infections.
- Treat dysentery.
- Help in wound healing, etc.
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