Medicinal leaves used to treat respiratory illnesses, malaria, abdominal pain, cholera, dysentery, and typhoid. It’s also used as a mosquito repellent. Pa Jonga’s wife and children boil masepo and fever grass for him as part of his treatment for either malaria or typhoid fever.
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Masepo Term Timeline in Behold the Dreamers
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Chapter 48
...to treat what was either malaria or typhoid fever with a drink made from boiled masepo and fever grass, along with the medication the pharmacist prescribed. Jende’s brother, Moto, calls him...
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