Mullaca has continued
captivated a abode in accustomed anesthetic in the close countries area it
grows. Its use by rainforest Indians in the Amazon is able-bodied documented,
and its comestible sweet-tart fruits are enjoyed by abounding rainforest
inhabitants, beastly and animal alike. Aboriginal tribes in the Amazon use a
blade beverage as a diuretic. Some Colombian tribes accept the fruits and
leaves accept analgesic backdrop and aswell bubble them as an anti-inflammatory
and antibacterial for derma diseases; others use a blade tea for asthma.
Aboriginal peoples in the Peruvian Amazon use the blade abstract internally and
evidently for worms and the leaves and/or roots for earache, alarmist problems,
malaria, hepatitis, and rheumatism. Aboriginal tribes in the Brazilian Amazon
use the sap of the bulb for earaches and the roots for jaundice. Mullaca has
aswell been acclimated by aboriginal peoples for changeable disorders. In the
Solomon Islands, the bake-apple of mullaca is decocted and taken internally to
advance fertility. A tea is fabricated of the absolute bulb and/or the leaves
in the West Indies and Jamaica to anticipate miscarriages. In Peru the blade is
alloyed and acclimated to amusement postpartum infections.
Mullaca is active in herbal
anesthetic systems today in both Peru and Brazil. In Peruvian herbal anesthetic
the bulb is alleged mullaca or bolsa mullaca. To amusement diabetes, the roots
of three mullaca plants are broken and diminished in 1/4 liter of rum for seven
days. Honey is added, and 1/2 bottle of this anesthetic is taken alert
circadian for 60 days. In addition, an beverage of the leaves is recommended as
a acceptable diuretic, and an beverage of the roots is acclimated to amusement
hepatitis. For asthma and malaria, the dosage is 1 cup of tea fabricated from
the aeriform locations of the plant. In Brazilian herbal anesthetic the bulb is
active for abiding rheumatism, for derma diseases and dermatitis, as a allaying
and diuretic, for agitation and vomiting, and for abounding types of kidney,
liver, and gallbladder problems.