Re: 'Ocumo', local aroid name.

From: elizabeth at begoniac.com on 2001.11.20 at 17:14:51(7845) On Mon, 19 November 2001, "Eduardo Goncalves" wrote: > > Dear Julius, > > This is me again. Take a look at this site: > >http://noticias.eluniversal.com/cocina/coci27_0299.htm > > There are some interesting information about the "ocumo", including the > origin of name. It is in Spanish, but since you knowledge in this language > is better than mine, there will be no problem for you. > > Very best wishes, > > Eduardo. > Very interesting the ethnobotanical uses of ocumo described at the end of that article. Has anyone on the list ever tried it for asthma, chronic catarrh or snakebite? Has anyone ever used any other aroid medicinally? Does anyone know how to get the book on indigenous medicine, by Ger?nimo Pompa, which was mentioned? Elizabeth Mateus +More Aparece el ocumo en la Materia m?dica del doctor Jos? Mar?a Ben?tez, escrita a mediados del pasado siglo y en la cual se adjudican a los polvos de la ra?z seca del ocumo, propiedades medicinales contra el asma y los catarros cr?nicos, puntualiz?ndose que: "Se asegura que las hojas del ocumo preservan de la moderdura de las culebras, estreg?ndose con ella los pies y manos". Estas bondades de nuestra tuberosa vienen confirmadas con el curioso Ger?nimo Pompa en sus Medicamentos ind?genas.

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