S/N

 

Name of herbal remedy

 

Appearance

1. Agbo iba (malaria fever) Clear yellow solution with an offensive smell and a bitter taste
2. Agbo iba ponto (typhoid fever) Brick red solution with an offensive odour and a bitter to taste
3. Agbo jedi jedi (dysentery) Dark brown solution with no odour and a very bitter to taste
4. Agbo ara riro(body pains) Greenish white solution, very cloudy, with a sweet smell of mango and a sour taste.
5. Agbo atosi(gonorrhoea) Dirty brown solution with high amount of undissolved particles and an extremely offensive odour similar to that of faeces. Sour taste.
Table 1: Herbal remedies with the associated colour, taste and odour.