Example sentences for: sores

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  • Saccharum officinarum is used medicinally in Eastern Nicaragua and in the Caribbean for infections, chills, fever, rashes and sores [ 122 53 ] . Chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid and p-cumaric acid have been found in the plant [ 128 129 ] .

  • ...start scratching these sores."

  • Jatropha curcas latex is applied to external wounds in Perú and Indonesia [ 77 78 ] . The leaf bath is used for rash, bewitchment and poultices for sores in Trinidad [ 52 ] . Jatropha curcas leaf and bark contain glycosides, tannins, phytosterols, flavonoids and steroidal sapogenins [ 79 80 ] . The latex contains proteolytic enzymes and provides significant cicatrizant activity (wound healing) [ 78 ] . The sap inhibits growth of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus [ 81 ] .

  • Passiflora quadrangularis leaf decoction is used by the Garífuna of Eastern Nicaragua for fevers, rashes and sores [ 50 ] . The leaf and branch decoction is used in Columbia in external baths for snakebites [ 139 ] . An extract of branches and leaves had moderate neutralizing ability against the haemorrhagic effect of Bothrops atrox venom in Columbia [ 35 ] . The plant contains passiflorene, nor-epinephrine, 5-hydroxytryptamine and flavonoids [ 107 50 ] .

  • Leaves of physic nut ( Jatropha curcas/gossypifolia ) are boiled and the decoction used to clean sores.


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