Cancer

1. Cut washed corm (see NOTES 1) into small pieces, boil in water, filter & drink x1 cup/day until recovery.
2. Add leaves (when in season) to boiling water for 3 min; fill leaves with rice & meat, cook & eat.

Baldness

Rub skin of scalp with wollen cloth until irritated, then rub with plant tuber.

Dermatitis

Extract juice from corm & apply to affected area x2/day until healed.

Dry skin

Decoct 200 gm of leaves in 0.5 L water for 10 min & apply to affected area x3/day.

Lichen planus (See NOTES 2)

Extract juice of corms & apply to affected area x2/day, morning & evenings until healed.

Skin inflammation

Apply corm juice to affected skin x 2/day for 1 week.

Haemorrhoids

1. Decoct corm in water & apply locally x3/day until healed. (B)
2. Crush corms, squeeze, knead + flour, shape into chickpea form & use as suppositary. (B)
3. Mix crushed tuber + cumin + "kamnon ha-anis" (or "yansun"), (Pimpinella anisum) & make into pills. (Admin. not described but probably used as suppository.) (Z)

Thirst quencher

Use juice of stems bearing flowers (Admin. not specified.)

Arthritis

Boil corms in water for 5 min, cool & apply to affected area x2/day for 1 week.

Sprain

Crush fresh tuber, apply to painful area & bandage.

Chronic headache

Mix dried, ground tuber + dry ground tobacco & use as snuff.

Respiratory congestion

Decoct corm & drink x1 cup/day until well

Shortness of breath (asthma)

Clean, peel & squeeze tubers to extract juice & inhale x2 drops into nose for 3 days.

Scorpion & bee sting

Rub stung area with fresh tuber.

Abscess/ boils

Extract juice from ground corms & apply to affected area x3/day for 3 days.

Burn

Extract juice from corm & apply to affected area x2/day for 3 days.