1. Sore eyes
Eye irritation or redness caused by infection, dust, or allergy.
🌱 Wash the eyes with clean water first, then use decoction of serpentina leaves as an eye wash or apply cooled leaf extract with clean cotton.
2. Bad breath
Unpleasant odor from the mouth, often due to poor oral hygiene or stomach issues.
🌱 Chew fresh serpentina leaves or gargle with leaf decoction to reduce odor and kill bacteria.
3. Inflammation
Swelling, redness, and pain caused by infection or injury.
🌱 Pound fresh leaves into a poultice and apply directly to the swollen area, or drink decoction to reduce internal inflammation.
4. Tonsillitis
Inflammation of the tonsils, causing sore throat and swelling.
🌱 Gargle warm serpentina leaf decoction several times a day and drink small amounts to reduce infection
No specific precautions recorded.
- Serpentina (Rauvolfia serpentina) is usually found in backyards, home gardens , epen Field trough the island .
- Classification: Exotic