In some places the decoction of the leaves is given internally as an emollient and diuretic for gonorrhoea.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
Its juice being slightly bitter and astringent is used in decoction as an injection in gonorrhoea.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
In one case the smear was positive and the complement fixation test for gonorrhoea was negative, but as a rule antibodies against the gonococcus do not appear in the blood during the acute stage of the disease, so it may frequently happen that we may have positive smears and negative complement fixation tests in recent cases.
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