Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-06-11

CsnsnI WriQht, Of Santos. Brazil IN
,.ansss II, a latter 10 the State Depsrtmenf
notes mon the medicinsl plants OF thai
country. The coznpiisfion Is the vofk
of s. s. SCHNEIDER, native born eiti1en
of the United States, Who u nov 70
Brazil From Mr.. SchindIeF's notes u
apuears thas she country ahounds IN
herbal rensdies. and that alyelos. me
new cancer cure, 10 bat one or hundreos
of plants or trees possessing properties
of great value. as yet almost unknown
70 maseria msdlcs.
AlvelOs IL a shrub, writes Af. Scoino,
Ter, discovered by an eminent Ffenen
physician of Pernambuco to Be speclnc
for cancersas ulcers. he Jules u
powerful caustie. Applied to cancer, u
produces an irritating euect, Wnicn m
cresses 30 strong innammafion. ana ~
length cicatFization takes piacs. he
manner of application IS tois: > Gamers
hair brush Is dipped IN the l0ice, voicn
il applied 10 the cancer and allowed TO
dvv' Tveasy-four hours aftervard
little lint dipped in water Is applied TO
ire cancer. and in another twenty four
hours the Jules Of alvelos Is tried AGAIN.
DIR. Velioso advises for 9 speedy cure the
| application of ths juice every day, using
/ an infusion of tobacco instead OF arnics
and water. This course Of treatment 10
more rspid. The Inflammation IL much
stronger, but can be regulated by the
! physician according TO the nature OF the
cancer and Its proximity to the vital
organs. Mr.. SCHNEIDER SAYS that the
alvelos treatment has proven successful
in every case of cancer of the tongue,
| lips nose and breasts where it has been
tried.
Baycuru, Mr.. SCHNEIDER says. is a Gu
rious plant of Brazil which buries itself
in the sand, a number of leaves rising
above, seven inches long to two inches
vide. The flowers resemble saxifrage.
The whole plant is sometimes for days
together covered by the sea. The root
is six to seven inches long, one inch
thick and tortuous shape. Externally
il is chocolate brown; internally, flesh
colosed. It Is an unfaiiiDR remedy in
all kinds of enlargement and Rlandular
sweliinRs.
The juice of the fruit of the csiueiro
tree il one of the most powerful blood
purifiers known.
A decoction from the bark of the root
Of the calnnga shrub is q remedy fol
dyspepsia and intermittent fevers.
Tie leaves of the camapa plant cen
tain narcotic principle, and the jaict
OF the root and fruit il found to bs
excellent for rheumatism and liver dis
| eases.
Boiled fruit of the arvore do par
tree makes powerful poultics for al
GERS.
| The fruit of the cabacinho has an ad
marable effect on dropsy.
The most stubborn coughs yield. to Q
tea made from leaves of the malvariscC
: shrubs.
Pspsw has been found to possess the
property CT DESTROYING the false mem
branes of Group and diphtheria.
Pspsine 10 another diphsheria cure.
PorRcary is sure antidote for bite
of poisonous snakes.
SaIusareira bark makes q decoc,ioE
which seems to be natures remedy fol
kidney ailments.
There are. no less than 312 plants OF
trees in Brezil which possess strong me
eicinal properties. Mr.. SchiRdler's cat
aioRue of them contains q remedy fol
every ill known to human fesh, and The
wsndef Is that people should ever dis
| IN that COUNTRY.