Our word "treacle" comes from theriac, a medieval cure-all made from roasted vipers, which could prevent swellings, unblock intestinal blockages, remove skin blemishes and sores, cure fevers, heart trouble, dropsy, epilepsy and palsy, induce sleep, improve digestion, restore lost speech, convey strength and heal wounds.
Made up of several constituents such as alcohol/palm wine, water, lime, tea leaf, various tree barks & roots in varying proportions, 'agbo' is claimed to cure fevers, back ache, cause an increase in libido as well as cure virtually all manner of maladies.
"It cures fever and is good for removing poisons from the body which makes it a good remedy for hangovers".
Ancient Chinese medicine texts recommended the horn for curing fever and arthritis.
Time soothes pain, cures fevers, knits broken bones, and it can outperform the most expensive scanner on the planet.
But the burgeoning Asian middle classes – those for whom traditional medicine is a way of life – have now gone from an ancient belief that the horn cures fevers, to believing that horn cures cancer, and are bidding the price up to spectacular and disastrous levels.
In a sermon in 1629, Thomas Adams said, "The empiric to cure the fever, destroys the patient; so the wise man, to burn the mice, set fire to his barn".
Treatment was successful in 195 of 214 (91%) patients, with no significant difference in response (cure rate, fever clearance time) with MICs ranging from 4 to 16 μg/ml.
Consequently, the plant is used to cure dysentery, fever, measles, leprosy, excessive lactation, post-partum haemorrhage and male erectile dysfunction (Allas et al. 1995; Olowokudejo et al. 2005).
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