Ronnie Abbey: They used to use this for ailments. It was boiled, and the liquid used in traditional medicine for sores. It was also used to seasonign meat, soups. Eddie Joe Sylestine: When you come bak from a funeral or look at a dead person, you boil the leaves and take a bath in it. You also sprinkle the water on your clothes and wash them to purify them or to purify the house of a dead person.