194 Timehri. 
Takusi.—The juice from this bush rope for colic. Arrawak. 
TAURANERO.—Used as a dressing for Buck sick. Arrawak. 
Tayme.—(Big thick leaf). Boiled in a syrup and a trifle of sweet oil added 
for colds and coughs. 
Touranero.—For dry bellyache. Arrawak. 
Toyou.—(Dianthera pectoralis). Makes a handsome hedge. Boiled as a 
tea for colds and coughs with effect. Boiled thickly as a syrup and a little 
cocoanut or sweet oil added for bad colds and coughs. Made as a toffee readily 
eaten by children and is good for colds and coughs. The syrup when boiled 
must be of the consistency of Kepler’s Malt Extract and is almost the same 
in taste except thao the aromatic essence of the weed is discernible. 
TatLow or Sorr CANDLE GREASE.—Rub the nose, temples and forehead with 
tallow prepared as follows :—A little high wines is put in a saucer with a little 
coconut oil. The spirit is lit and then the tallow is placed therein. When 
the tallow is all melted the warm stuff is rubbed as directed. Then a sheet of 
brown paper of the size required is laid flat and the warm grease as prepared 
spread thereon and nutmeg grated over it. The sheet is applied to the body 
covering the chest from the throat downward. Obstinate colds are amelior- 
ated, great relief is had and lung trouble prevented. 
Tam-Pr-Po.—Decoction for dressing cuts. Accowai. 
Togsacco.—The leaf tied on the head relieves headache and cold in the head 
The ash from a pipe placed in the hole of an extracted chigoe prevents sore- 
ness and heals the part quickly and kills any germ remaining. 
Takus1.—The water is used in cases of colic. Carib. 
Usro1.—Decoction for dysentery. Arrawak, 
Urasi.—Decoction for fever. Accowai. 
Uvaria Fesriruca.—A febrifuge. (Schomburgk; 
Urasi-E-K.—A bath for smallpox. Accowai. 
VanpELLA.—(Vandellia diffusa). A small creeping plant used by the Indian 
with great success. (Schomburgk.) 
Vinegar.—(Brown Stout). Mixed with lime to rub down fever patients 
especially in cases of yellow fever and other malignant types. Brown paper 
soaked in the vinegar for sprains. For cases of threatened abortion mix with 
the white of an egg and flour and spread on brown paper and placed in the 
small of the back. In cases of ague a tablespoon of vinegar, four drops of red 
lavender with a little lime is given the patient who holds in both hands the 
brine from a pickle barrel. This I have seen done with success. 
Warumba, WArA-Ki-ARu.—Hmetics. Accowai, 
