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CasHEw.—(Anacardium occidentale.) The bruised fruit make an excellent 
refreshng drink and is used in fevers for cooling the blood. The ripe fruit 
is used as an astringent. The dried nut is much sought after as a dessert. 
_ When the ripe nut is thrown on a coal fire the fowls in the neighbourhood get a 
Species of yaws and die. A couple of leaves crushed and rubbed round the rim 
of a glass of spirits make a man drunk in a few minutes. The bark 
boiled with other barks such as the seaside grape, mango, young coconut make 
a specific in cases of dysentery. The bark alone drawn as a tea is given as an 
emetic in cases of cold on the chest, the patient bringing up “the cold.”’ A 
decoction of the bark is used for sores. I can give numerous cases of cures for 
dysentery from the use of the bark. 
Caruna.—A small tree covered with a brown bark used as a slow poison- 
(Bolingbroke.) 
Coneo Lana.—(Elipta erecta.) A rank weed growing in places where other 
plants cannot thrive. A half dozen leaves are placed in water and slightly 
crushed, then placed in a bit of linen and the juice squeezed in the ear of a 
sufferer from a violent cold. The head is then thrown back and the liquid put 
down the nostril. The bruised leaves are applied to cuts and sores. A 
common cure for cold in the head and in one case within my own knowledge 
the patient was cured in a quarter of an hour. 
CocHINEAL or PrickLy Pear.—(Opuntia vulgaris.) Wrongly called cochineal 
or scrutchineal by the people here. A bit of the plant is placed in water and the 
water given for dropsy. A couple of thin slices slightly warmed are placed in 
water and the water given for inflammation in the stomach. Slices are placed 
on affected parts and as often as the slices get dry fresh pieces are put for 
inflammations in the joint, skin and intestines. The slices draw off heat 
very quickly. A small bit placed in a wineglass of water is used for dropping 
the slime therefrom in inflammatory eyes. 
Cow Foor.—(Piper peltata.) Two leaves cover the whole head and are used 
for headaches, especially those from colds. 
Cow Ircu.—(Mucuna spp. Siliqua Hirsuta.) A vermifuge whose efficacy is 
indisputable. (Bancroft.) The hairy stuff is scraped off and mixed with 
molasses. For a child a teaspoonful is given, double this for an adult is given 
in the morning fasting and repeated the two following mornings after which a 
dose of rhubarb is given. Bancroft describes this as generally used by the 
planters who held morning parades of the slaves for the purpose. 
Cras Or.—(Caraba.) An oil extracted from the fruit of the Crabwood tree 
(Carapa Guianensis.) Rubbed on dogs with mange, on fowls with yaws, and 
on running sores for radical cures. A specific for eczema, For soreness in 
the stomach, or for a hacking cough a small teaspoonful gives almost instant 
relief, Idem for soreness in the bronchial tubes. Zdem for lung trouble. The 
best way to drink the oilis to rub the mouth and tongue with a lime and pour 
a few drops of lime in the spoon, hold the head back and drop the oil down the 
palate. The lime prevents repeats. 
