ZULU MEDICINE AXD MEDTCINE-ME>r. 1.3 



(N) isiZimane (Euclea natalensis), iimSlatholana 

 (Turraja obtusif olia), umKhuhlu (Trichilia emetica), 

 IHlulelemamhha, u(jrohandhloim (Secamone gerrardi), u- 

 Qhume (Hippobromns flatus), uSiikumbhili (Hypericum 

 ietliiopicum), iiSolo or Flat-crown (Albizzia fastigiata), 

 uThangazana (Cucumishirsutus), uMahlahehnfeni (Croton 

 gratissimuTn), umZilanyoni (Croton sylvaticum), isi- 

 Ndlyandiya (B e r s a m a 1 n c e n s) , and many others. 



(7) The Preparation of Medicines and General Treatment. 



Native methods of preparing medicines are much like our 

 own, though, of course, accomplished in a much cruder 

 manner. There are cold infusions [isiChonco), made by 

 pouring a requisite amount of cold water upon a certain 

 quantity of pounded or chopped herb, bark or root ; hot 

 infusions {imFudumezelo) , prepared like tea, wherein the 

 medicine is steeped in hot or boiling water; decoctions 

 {imPeJi'o), in which it, as a rule, is slightly simmered, though 

 also sometimes thoroughly boiled ; and powders, in which 

 the remedy is air-dried or roasted on a pan and subsequently 

 pulverised, or is even burnt to ashes. 



The methods of treatment are likewise, in a similarly rude 

 manner, akin to our own. The natives are strong advocates 

 of blood-letting, and they have their Avay of cupping, in 

 which a hollow cow's horn is held firmly over incisions cut in 

 the flesh, and a vacuum is created by another person with- 

 drawing the internal air by the mouth and so allowing the 

 blood to flow. 



They use poultices made of bruised vegetable substances 

 and applied warm or cold ; and lotions, in which the liquid 

 extract of the medicine is used for dropping into or pouring 

 upon the afl^ected part. 



They have vegetable, animal and earthy ointments, con- 

 sisting of clays, ashes and bruised pastes, to be smeared on 

 the body. 



