Healing plants presentations

Healing plants presentations in class

Kimora brought in ilau. Umwulap for viral respiratory illnesses. Gargle the juice of the leaf for treating toothache. Postpartum a women can sit above a tub of hot water infused with ilau for a steam bath that helps with healing. 

Seniko  covered a use of toahn soai.  Digestive issues, fever pain. Boil the leaves and drink.

Emars brought in toahn weipwul. Relieving pain by wrapping the [warmed] leaves around a sore joint. 

Chennelle explained that the flowering fruit of tehn weipwul can be used for diarrhea and swellings.


Sinae with karer and the use of the leaves in a tea.

Litana covered a use of ficus tinctorius known in Chuukese as awen, here on Pohnpei nihn. 

Jayleen spoke about a konok and tehn weipwul combination that is also used in a postpartum steam bath.

Santriko explained how toahn likoamw is used for medicine but only for a pregnant women. The specifics were left appropriately vague.

Fiona brought in rhirhi, shishi. Microsorum scolopendria. Young, soft fronds with a specific unspecified number of lobes are pounded and applied to bruises and cuts. The rhizome can be boiled into a tea to strengthen immune system. 

Aiko spoke on sra ii (Kosrae). Local medicine for toothaches and body pain. Crushed ripe noni fruit can be applied to skin for bruises.

Cassandra presesented on nen, neen (Houk). A lot of things. Young flowering fruit with two flowers on it. For upset stomach. Cures upset stomach. The larger but not white slice in half and apply to skin for smooth skin. White but still hard 


Hercly brought in Volkameria inernis: Gabwi (Woleai). New spelling Gabi. Gabaseo is steam bath. Very useful for fever. Boil water out leaves. Steam bath. Used for coughing. 

Cathleen Mudong brought in aloe vera which is used to treat burns.

Nakisha brought in Acalypha wilkesiana and said that the plant was called koaramahd and that the leaves were used to staunch bleeding. The dictionary confirms that koaramahd, also spelled  koramahd is coleus, Solenostemon scutellarioides known in some flora as Coleus scutellarioides. The use of coleus to treat boils and to staunch bleeding is something students in the course have presented upon in the past. Acalypha wilkesiana, also know as copperleaf, is a more recent introduction as a decorative road edge plant. Squeezing coleus to produce juice is something that one can well imagine is practical. Squeezing copperleaf can certainly be done, but the juice produced would be relatively insignificant. 

Keola. Procaria. Oriental mangrove tree is used to treat wounds. Both physical wounds and metaphorical wounds of the heart. The part of the plant used is the spikey thing. Skin that and boil the skin for 45 minutes and then let cool down. Drink. Cures broken heart. Tuhke en naniak (which means only "tree in the mangrove swamp").

RJ brought in mwehk. Glochidion ramiflorum. Staunches bleeding. 

DS brought in nen (Chuuk). Used for many things. Coconut oil, heating, or boil with leaves and oil the oil is used to massage sore muscles or to  treat skin conditions.

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