Experiment 524841
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Ananas comosus (BROMELIACEAE) |
| Citation | HOLDSWORTH,DK:. (1990). TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PLANTS OF RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS. PART I.. 28(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | USED TO TREAT IMPOTENCE. HALF OF AN UNRIPE, GREEN PINEAPPLE, A HANDFUL OF SEEDS OF OCIMUM BASILICUM AND FOUR GARDENIA TAITENSIS FLOWERS ARE POUNDED TOGETHER INTO THE WATER OF A GREEN COCONUT WHICH IS CUT OPEN AT THE TOP AND ALSO AT THE BOTTOM TO ENABLE IT TO STAND. A SUITABLY SIZED STONE IS HEATED UNTIL IT IS RET HOT AND DROPPED CAREFULLY INTO THE MIXTURE IN THE COCONUT. A MAN CONSIDERED TO SUFFER FROM TIRA MOA OR TIRA NGARO, IMPOTENCE, SITS WITH THE STEAMING COCONUT DIRECTED AT HIS GENITALS, WITH A CLOTH AROUND HIM. THE HEALER MASSAGES HIM FROM THE FLANKS TO THE GENTIALS WITH COCONUT OIL. SHOULD THE GENITALS RETRACT IN THE STEAM THEY WILL RETURN TO NORMAL WITH MASSAGE. |
| Number | 2 |
| Pharmacological activity | 75 |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Extract | VAPOR |
| Gender | MALE |