ZULU MEDICINE AND MEDICINE-MEN. 23 



The imPila (Callilepis la areola) is sometimes used by 

 reckless natives as a vermifuge, a piece of the root, one inch 

 cube, being boiled in a cupful of water and drunk. Inas- 

 much as this plant has proved fatal to human beings, there 

 seems no reason to doubt its powers on worms, which it would 

 probably first poison and then expel with the purging. 



An occasional, though somewhat rare, complaint among the 

 natives is called inTluiahha, which seems to be due to tape- 

 worm cysticerci, infesting mostly the back and the region of 

 the knees. The cure is in their extraction by the knife. The 

 term inTlumhha is likewise sometimes applied to ophthalmic 

 granulations (perhaps of trachoma), which are said to be 

 "extracted" in a similar fashion. 



Stomach and Intestinal Complaints. 



I have said that the Kafirs have very hazy ideas, if indeed 

 any at all, about the liver, kidneys, or stomach proper. A 

 larffe number of abdominal disorders are therefore treated in 

 quite an empirical way on the off chance of effecting some 

 good. For instance, a concoction may be made of a handful 

 of the leaves (a small quantity being taken of each) of the 

 islBangamlotha (Ant ides ma venosum), the uriiNungwane 

 (Xantlioxylon capense), the IDlehelendlovu (Trimeria 

 alnifoTia), the umVuthwamini (Plectronia ventosa), and 

 i\\Q inKnnzl ov iBheja (Bopusia scab r a), the whole being 

 pounded and steeped in a couple of pints of cold water, of 

 which a large cupful is drunk and the remainder taken as an 

 enema. Or the drastically operating uDlutshaiia (Aster 

 asper), iXolo or (N.) umKhuIdu (Trichilia emetic a), 

 iDungamuzi or (N.) isiZimane (Euclea natalensis) and 

 the umHlatholana (Turra3a obtusif olia), may be prepared 

 and administered separately, as elsewhere described. When 

 there is much internal pain in the abdomen, the isiTlielelo 

 (Aster erigeroides) is prescribed, a double handful of the 

 tiny leaves being infused in a couple of cupf uls of boiling water 

 and injected per rectum. 



For indigestion the native has some really valuable medi- 



