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bark of tlie 7iMahIahel-nfeni tree (Croton gratissimum and 

 C. sylvaticum) and the dryroot of tlie aniaryllid nMcMoholoza 

 may be ground to powder and rubbed in as before. The male 

 of the {N.)iDunrjamnzi(Ei'ac\e?i lanceolata) and the isiBhaha 

 are other reputed cures. 



A good counter-irritant for any kind of fixed internal pain is 

 said to be the limNqandane wempisi (Royena villosa), a bush 

 found along the coast, whose leaves or pounded roots are bruised 

 and laid over the painful spot for perhaps half an hour or an 

 hour, as the plant has strong caustic properties. The compound 

 plaster, or indeed any single one of the ingredients — umDJonzo, 

 ■nZipJio, uXhaj)hozi and umSuitsi — already mentioned under 

 bladder complaints, is equally efficacious for the same purpose. 

 An effective eruptive rubefacient for lung, and probably also 

 for any other internal inflannnations, is the bark of the 

 uMahlahehufeni (Croton gratissimum) andihe nmZildnyoni 

 trees (Croton sylvaticum), which is ground very finelj^aud 

 rubbed into incisions in the skin. 



Diseases of the Nervous System. 



The medicine-man often meets with spinal diseases and pre- 

 scribes the roots of the uGohandlovu (Secamone gerrardi), 

 of the uSaJihilamanye (? Pterocelastrus rostratus), of 

 the uNyazl, and of the uMafuvihliuha, all ground to powder, 

 along with the dried body of an iGomonqn or large fruit-bat, 

 and rubbed into incisions made along the affected part. 



Paralysis is held to be a local affection of the particular 

 limb concerned. Its specifics are the uNtlangotki and 

 umNiingwaiie (Xanthoxylon capense).^ The administra- 

 tion of the former is described in my Zulu-English Dictionary 

 as follows : " The patient stands in the sun, and then, com- 

 mencing with the length of his shadow, the doctor makes 



' An allied tree (Xanthoxylon fraxineum) is used in America 

 for chronic rlieumatisui, which, from the crippling of the limbs, would, 

 perhaps, in native diagnostics, be regarded as akin to paralysis. 

 Maybe the umNungivane also does possess iiseful qualities. 



