190 Timehri. 
NICKER SEED,—(Guilandina Bonducella). -Parched and pounded for dropsy. 
I know a druggist who used the seeds for a number of years and had a number 
of patients cured. 
Napt-Bit1t.—Inner bark for fever. Carib. 
Nrssee.—A virulent poison so much so that the Indians are afraid even to 
cut the tree. (Bancroft.) 
Nutmec.—Accowai. (Acrodiclidium Camara). Found in the fer inlands 
and extensively used by the Indians and the old Dutch people for diarrhceas. 
(Bancroft.) , 
Ocura.—(Hibiscus esculentus). Cut off the fine nipple and place the fruit 
or vegetable in a wineglass of water. Take the ochra and let the slime go in the 
eye when it is sore. In the days of slavery the female slaves ate large quan- 
tities and then drank gully-root to abort. (Bancroft.) 
Oats.—Parch the oats slightly, pound and draw as a tea for retention of 
urine.. A radical relief and I can gave hundreds of cures. 
Orno-SrPrr.—Decoction of inner bark for headache. Carib. 
Onton.—Raw as with garlic for strengthening the lungs. Boiled with 
the like effect if not boiled too much. Good for the kidneys also. Boiled with 
biead and milk and applied to the swelling of a person afflicted with Guinea 
worm. Then the patient takes internally a decoction of garlic, black pepper, 
flower of sulphur, and a quart of rum, the dose being a gill three times a day. 
(Bancroft.) 
Para-Ru.—A bath for severe fevers. Accowai. Ponu-Ex.—Idem. 
Accowai. Povu-r-Szma.—Idem, said to be efficacious. Arrawak. 
Prasa.—(Hyptis spicata). The male piaba is known from the female by a 
round ball. Extensively used for Buck or Carib sick which is a species of thrush 
amongst adults. It is pounded and mixed with salt and numerous cases are 
vouched for. The female piaba is a fine-leave variety. This is also pounded 
and given as a tea for “bad bowels.” The pounded leaves placed on bad 
cuts or sores are excellent. Vouched. 
Paocuri.—Emetic. Carib. 
Per-Gi-Ps-Po.—Juice of the inner bark squeezed for sores. Accowai. 
Pumpxin.—Boil the blossom with a little salt added after boiling for thrush. 
Draw a strong tea, add a few cammomile flowers, take for nine mornings, 
hen a dose of castor oil for jaundice. Numerous cages vouched for. 
Paraw.—(Prunifirous) (Carica papaya).—Place aspring chicken or a tough 
bit of meat in a leaf for a short time and it becomes tender. Tie game or meat 
to the tree over night and it will be as high as you require. The ripe fruit is 
aten as a dessert. In the morning and early in the day it acts as an aperient. 
