Cattle fed on distillery swill are striking examples of such excess caused by the enormous consumption of a liquid feed, which nourishes and fattens in spite of the diuresis; the condition is unwholesome, and cattle that have passed four or five months in a swill stable have fatty livers and kidneys, and never again do well on ordinary feed.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Gibson considers the seeds diuretic and quotes two cases where abundant diuresis immediately followed by the application of a poultice of the bruised seeds over the pubis.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera