Medicinal Use
provided by EOL authors
This plant is used to delay the effects of snake venom. A piece of bark as long as your forearm is stripped from the tree and chewed. All of the exudate is swallowed and the resulting fiber is placed on the area where the person was bitten. A piece of root is then chewed as the affected person travels to medical aid. This will not stop the effects of the venom, only slow down the effects long enough to obtain medical aid.
