Medicine

The stick is planted in the ground of a farm to protect it from trespassers, who may be thieves. It causes sores on the nostrils; if the antidote is not applied, the nose will rot away. For a cure leaves of kising are boiled in an earthenware pot and the patient's nose is steamed over the infusion. These pounded leaves of boketth are rubbed on the nose. See itu kerosene and wus sekel 37-22-206 and 204. Stick with piece of tthuso [woman's fishing net] tied to it.