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Word: ananga (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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Around southern Paraguay it is said that Tupá Mbaé cures gall stones with apeterebi, dysentery with anambai-guazú, internal hemorrhage with guabiyu-miru, hemophilia with caa pari miri, boils with ananga piri, syphilis with the poisonous milk of curupi-cay, many other afflictions with other local flora. Thousands of his patients have, beyond doubt, got well. Many orthodox physicians think that Tupá Mbaé has had something to do with it. The forests of southern Paraguay contain a rich pharmacopaeia which would bear looking into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PARAGUAY: Doctor | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

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