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Lawsonia alba Lam. (Lythrariece). Inai. The leaves are used 

 to allay burning of the feet in Beri-Beri and in skin diseases 

 (Holmes). 



Dolichos Lab-lab L. (Leguminoscz) . " Kachang Kara." This 

 is the common local French bean, the leaves of which (according 

 to Holmes) mixed with rice-flower and saffron (turmeric) are 

 applied in eczema and other skin diseases. 



Calophyllum inophyllum L. (Guttifercz). Oil of the kernel of 

 the fruit used for ringworm (Holmes). 



Viscum orientale. (Loranthacece.) The common broad-leaved 

 mistletoe is used for pustular itch under the name of " Ubat 

 Kudis." The leaves are burned to ashes, the ashes mixed with 

 sulphur and coconut-oil and rubbed on the body. The native 

 name of the plant is Selarapi. 



Yaws. 



Dr. Gimlette has published a valuable paper on the treatment 

 of yaws, orpuru as it is called here, in the ''Therapeutical Society's 

 Journal." The Kelantan Malays use for external application the 

 latex of Hunter ia Roxburghiana, known as Getah agu in Kelantan, 

 and Getah jintan in Pahang. It is uncommon and highly prized, 

 a red variety being most popular. The latex is obtained by 

 cutting the live stem of the creeper, mixed with w T ater to allow 

 for its inspissation, and is sold in the markets at Khota Baru. It 

 is smeared day by day on the sores. He states that it causes the 

 sores to shrink. 



Another latex which is valued is obtained from a jungle 

 creeper called Akar Gam. The remedy is obtained by slicing the 

 fresh fruit but also by incising the stem. It is used in the same 

 w ay as the Agu, or the dry fruit is roasted and powdered and 

 made into a paste with a little water. This creeper appears to be 

 the Willughbcia firma, a well-known rubber vine giving the rubber 

 known as Getah Gegrip. 



Calamus ornatus. Rotan Segah Badak. The ashes of the 

 stem of this rattan are used in cases of chronic and returning 

 yaws. 



Alstonia scholaris, the milk of this tree, the Pulai is mixed with 

 sulphate of copper and applied to the sores. 



Leea rubra (A mpelidece) . " Mali puchok merah." A shrub is 

 used with white arsenic, the roots being ground into a paste. It 

 is also administered internally. 



Sauropus albicans (Euphorbiacca:). " Chekup Manis " a 

 common vegetable used as spinach is used in the same way the 

 roots being ground up. 



