Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth

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Picotee Morning Glory
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Japanese Morning Glory
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The parts of plant which was of medicinal significance were the seeds, and the seedheads were collected and stored against future need. The seeds had various uses: they were chewed or pounded between two rocks to a past which when mixed with water, froths up. this foam was used as a general washing and cleansing agent. In particular it was used to cleanse and disinfect the scalp. Head lice were formerly a great problem, and the paste made from these seeds was used to deinfest the head, the wet hair being combed hard and long after shapooing to rid the scalp of nits. this shampoo was also believed to strengthen the roots of the hair and encourage it to grow long and strong, as well as softening it and leaving it lustrous and glossy. The crushed seeds were also used in the ritual washing and purification of a corpse before ... wrapping it in the winding sheet. Dried whole fruit were crushed and put in water and boiled up, and the strained liquid put into the bleeding, damaged or painful and inflamed eye, especially in livestock. Dried seeds were pulverised and mixed with oil used as a liniment for a painful chest, as a remedy for breathing difficulties and to relieve pleuritic pain. The powdered seeds were mixed to a paste with milk or water and used as a poultice to treat mastitis, in livestock as well as in humans. Pounded seeds were mixed to a paste with water, and with added salt, were applied around the eyes to treat weak or dimming sight. The foliage is browsed by all livestock, and the leaves were also very important in earlier years as a tinder. The leaves were collected by the sackful, and taken to a sheltered place to dry out. When needed, the dried leaves were teased out into fine fibrous strands, which made excellent tinder, lighting easily and holding a small but steady flame. (Ref. Plants of Dhofar). Powdered seeds made into a paste have been used traditionally for general washing, and especially getting rid of head lice. Powdered seeds mixed with oil have also been used in traditional medicine as a liniment for chest pains and to relieve difficult breathing. The fresh leaves and stems are browsed by all livestock. (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.3).

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