A decoction of two bacteria killing plants, and controlled by a sedative plant, is given internally in oft repeated doses. Externally a paste of the leaves of the same plants is put around, not on the pimples, to limit the local disease and prevent the inflammation spreading. The pustule itself is treated by dropping the juice of a sedative plant on it. It is left uncovered and freely exposed to the air, and the application made from time to time until the scab falls off. The Kaffir believes, and experience has been his guide, that the pustule must be left alone, and meddling with it, either by incision, excision or irritation is dangerous treatment. 1. Internally: The usual prescription is:— Blepharis Capensis (Ubu-hlungu basig­cawa) leaves and roots one part: Cluytia hirsuta (Ubuhlungu bedila), leaves one part and Monsonia ovata (Igqita), two parts. Use about 5oz. of this mixture made into a decoction of a pint and take about a tablespoonful 6–8 times daily till recovery. 2. Externally. Blepharis Capensis 2 parts, Cluytia and Monsonia one part each. Rub up to paste with lard and apply all round the pustule. 3. Locally. i.e. On the pustule. The juice squeezed from the green leaves of Monsonia. Withania somnifera (Ubu vumba) is sometimes used instead of Monsonia. Another method sometimes adopted is to use the Cluytia alone. Administer an infusion, and apply a soft paste of the leaves all over the affected part. Other drugs used are:—a Matricaria nigellœfolia, (Um-hlonyane womlambo) (river wormwood) used in the same way as the Cluytia. b Xanthoxylon Capense, (um-Nungumabele) (wild cardamon), mostly taken as a condiment with the anthractuous beef to disinfect it. c Teucrium Africanum (Ubu-hlungu benyushu) same as Xanthoxylon. d Solanum nigrum, (Umsobo) and e Lippia asperifolia, (in-Zinziniba). These two last are risky and poisonous. Malaria. Inkatazi tonizimba, a disease sent by dissatisfied ancestors. Treatment. Sacrifices, singing, and dancing are practised round the sick to satisfy the ancestors. Vomitives and purgatives are used and by some the Lasiosiphon Meisneri, one of the “Snakebite” drugs is used, the dose being ½ oz. of the dried root taken as an infusion. Malaria is not a prevalent disease amongst the Kaffirs owing principally to the fact that their kraals are always built on high ground. B. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. Syphilis. I-gcushiuva or I-hashe elingwevu (grey horse) to be distinguished from I-hashe (gonorrhoea) which latter is treated by fomentations and is not common. The leaves of the Paramelia conspersa, (Ubu-lembu belitye) a lichen of very bitter taste, are used in infusion, and the dry powder used on the sores, or mixed with fat as an ointment. In the same manner Cisampelos campensis or the Solanum melongena, (Um-tuma) or the Withania somnifera, (Ubu-vumba) may be used and are believed to have cured many cases.