MUSK MALLOW

Musk mallow belongs to the plant family Malvaceae.  It is an annual plant, growing up to 1 meter high, covered with long, stiff hairs.  The leaves are polymorphous, more or less cordate or heart-shaped, altenate, 3-7 deeply lobed, with toothed-margins.  The flowers are yellow, orange or red.  The fruit is a hairyboblong capsule containing many fragnant brown or black kidney-shaped seeds that have a pleasant taste.  It grows in most tropical countries.

Medicinal use

·         Expels gas from the stomach and intestines.

·         Inflammation of the mouth.

·         Heart disease.

·         Check vomiting.

·         Body itch

·         Skin problems.

How to use

·         The infusion of the seeds will take care of the items 1-4 listed under medicinal use

·         The seeds are made into a paste with milk and used externally for itches and other skin problems.

Parts used

The seeds.

Dose

Normal or as indicated above