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climber, of whose leaves a handful are bruised in a hot 

 infusion and drunk. The umNunguxine (Xanthoxylon 

 capense), being a reputed cure for paralysis, and further, 

 well known as a disinfectant, may also be said to be reason- 

 ably used for snake-bite, for which a decoction of the root is 

 employed. A small handful of the six-inch roots of the 

 umEmhesa shrub may be pounded in a quart or so of hot water 

 and drunk. The roots from four plants of the isiDlk'di 

 (Lasiosiphon sp.) may be crushed and thoroughly boiled 

 so as to leave a pint of liquid, which is drunk. Of the 

 urn Qaqongo ( C 1 e r o d e n d r o n g 1 a b r u m ) a quantity of the roots 

 may be pounded, made into an infusion, and drunk — this 

 remedy being especially indicated in cases of viamha bite. 



The shrub Cassia occiden talis, as also the climber 

 Ipomoea ficifolia, are other notable iziJIlungu or snake- 

 bite antidotes. Of the former a double handful of the leaves 

 and stalks are pounded together with the pips of one green 

 nniHlala fruit (otherAvise one foot length of the root), mixed 

 in one cupful of cold water and drunk. Of the latter a similar 

 quantity of the leaves may be taken and administered in the 

 same way, a portion of the liquid being used also to bathe the 

 wound. The iPhornhhane runner and the roots of the uMayime 

 (Clivia miniata) are likewise employed for this same pur- 

 pose. 



Most of these plants work as emetics, in which kind of 

 treatment the natives somehow place great reliance. 



V e r m i n - K i 1 1 e r s . 



There are a few good plants used as vermin-killers. Among 

 those used for destroying lice on the head we have the ^e^- 

 \\ke uQicengu or (N) iLozane (Tephrosia macropoda and 

 diffusa), and the shrubs umEmhhe.sa and iNyathelo or 

 uHlonyane (Vernonia woodii). The modes of preparation 

 are various, sometimes the roots being boiled and the head 

 Avashed in the decoction, at others a paste is made of the 



