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Table 3 Medicinal recommendations for the honey from uruçu boca-de-renda , according to beekeepers from the communities of Ipiranga and Gurugi, state of Paraíba

From: Meliponiculture in Quilombola communities of Ipiranga and Gurugi, Paraíba state, Brazil: an ethnoecological approach

Indications

Application

Throatache

Eaten

Cough

Eaten

Earache

Massaged with cotton

Oral micoses (“sapinho”)

Massaged with cotton

Hemorrhoid

Directly on the site

Ocular cataracts

Directly on the site

Pterygium (“vilídia”)

Directly on the site

Conjunctivitis

Directly on the site

Stimulating appetite

Eaten

Restorative

Eaten