| Field notes | Tree, flowers reed. Maasai name: engoisikirianchoi Lepilal ole Nakuroi: Light brown decoction of roots is drunk by women after miscarring. It helps against the pain and clean the vomb. 3-4 pieces 20 cm long and as thick as 1 finger is boiled in 1/2 litre water in 45 minutes and mixed with a drop of milk to change the colour. Treatment is repeated until improvement has taken place. Can also be used to prevent miscarry. Oloirago ole Mayanga: For women, who have miscarried: 4 pieces of root 20 cm long and and thick as 1 finger is boiled in 1/2 lier water for 45 minutes and 2 spoons of fat, of available else is blod of a bull used. Only given once and used sole. Next day a soup made on goats head and hooves mixed with "engoisikirianchoi" is given and treatment is continued with soup, if available else maize porridge or tea, all mixed with decoction of "oloilalei". The treatment stop pains and "engoisikirianchoi" is the best for this purpose, even though "eluai" is also used. Not used for "olomelok". A stick is placed in the cattlegate "to tie" as a protection against food and mouth disease of the cattle called "oloirobi". Can only be done by people, whom are known to have success in "tieing". John Keretu: Leaves and innerbark are use to "tie" to prevent foot and mouth disease. Decoction of root is drunk by women after birth if problems to deliver placenta. Koto kunyinya Nailole (called Ngilole), traditional midwife, Olmekeke: Used after abortion together with fat, if enough fat isn't available. It is boiled and fat is added and cause either diarrhoea or vomiting. It is the first to be given to women after abortion. Koto kunyinya Nailole (called Ngilole), traditional mid-wife, Olmekeke: Given to pregnant women, who are bleeding, when they are in 1st.-3rd. month of pregnancy and haven't miscarried then an extraction of 4 pieces of wood 20 cm long and 3-4 cm thick, which are pounded to lose bark and extracted for 2 hours in 1 litre of water, half portion given morning, half evening. Extraction is preferred to prevent miscarries as cold drinks decrease bleeding. The decoction does't provoke diarrhoea or vomiting. After miscarries fat is the first, if enough fat isn't availble to provoke vomiting or diarrhoea, then it is mixed with the decoction of this plant. Decoction is preferred, as hot things stimlate bleeding, so every thing comes out. 4 pieces of wood 20 cm long and 3-4 cm thick are boiled in 1/2 - 1 litre until it becomes red, not more as it gets bitter, boiling time depend on the single plant. It isn't possibly to save the child if women bleeds, when their pregnancy is of more than three months. |
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