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Once I was on an estate and the manager was ill and suffering from piles and 
could hardly bear the illness. An old Indian called at the house and when ha 
found what was the cause he prescribed the oil three times a day. The 
manager took the oil and was completely cured. I can give a dozen radical 
cures within my own knowledge and can vouch personally for each. 
A drop of the oil and a drop of red lavender are given to young children 
suffering from thrush with effect. 
Schomburgk attributes the fine gloss of the Indian’s skin and the strength 
of his hair to the use of the oil. 
The oil is used for mange on animals and for ground itch. The Indians 
anoint the skin to keep off mosquitoes. (Bancroft). They also use it to soften 
the skin to keep off colds and to prevent excessive perspiration. (Bancroft.) 
Coconut.—(Cocos nucifera.) See also cashew. The water is used for cleans- 
ing the kidney but when drank to excess if affects the knee-joints. The oil 
is placed on moles of children to prevent colds and when they get colds. Mixed 
with salt as a massage lubricant and to allay pains. With salt and mustard 
for rheumatism and gout and the admixture of menthol makes it more bene- 
ficial. The pure oil is good internally for colds, coughs and pulminary com- 
plaints. 
CurETE.—Arrawak cure for bellyache. 
CuruBaLii.—An Arrawak emetic. 
Cork Woop.—For Buck sick. Accowai. 
Conami.—A bark for poisoning water to catch fish. 
Dat-t-Rena.—Said by the Arrawak to be effacacious in cases of rheumatism 
and gout when used as a bath. 
Datt1.—A decoction used for sore lips after fever, also as a dressing for 
sores. Arrawak. 
Dacuria.—An Arrawak dressing for sores. 
Daisy.—A weedy grass growing on the road parapets and wherever there is 
want of cleaning. The little daisy-like flowers, yellow, make a good show. The 
flowers and plant are boiled as a tea and given as an emetic for heavp colds on 
the chest. Only the other day I saw it used with effect on a child eight years 
old. 
Devit-Dorr.—A bush rope which is scraped and plaeed in spirits for exciting 
purposes. 
Dove Werv.—(Euphorbia pilulifera.) Boiled as a tea and used as a cooling 
draught for infants. 
DACAMBALLY.—The seed is mixed with the cassava flour in times of scarcity 
of cassava bread. 
