eusuk
noun M
plural: iusuko
1
a tree from which Usuk (county or sub-county) derives its name - Zanthoxylum chalybeum. Uses: its crushed seeds are used as spices in tea
2
its roots, berries and bark treat malaria (eimidi), stomach-ache (ariebo naka akoik), measles (ekwam), joint pain (obilibil), ekodoi (skin rashes caused by smallpox epidemics), eteregege (meningitis or paralysis), ekurara (yaws) and syphilis (esuuku), among other diseases
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