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Lilian Musyoka |
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Aloe vera cures cough and cold in chicken |
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Lilian Musyoka is a farmer in Mulutu village in Kitui. Her husband works in Nairobi so she is the only one tending the fields. Most households in the village have the same situation. She has two children. She harvests about 900 kgs of maize every year from her 2 acre plot and earns about USD 300 from selling maize.
In her house, we saw a small drinking bowl like structure carved into the ground and layered with some plaster. In that bowl, there were pieces of aloe vera floating in water. She said this helped in curing the chicken from sneezing and cold. She said it is a common practice here. She poured some water and added some cut aloe vera pieces.
The sap from aloe vera seeped into the water. The sun evaporated the water and made the mixture more concentrated. She said the mixture has to be kept for not more than one day. In the morning, when the chicken come to the bowl to drink water they drink the mixture and thereby get cured.
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee 25(1) 20, 2014 |
