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Reduce to ashes a tongue of a dog (Mila-ango) or the roots of Bakazagbwate and eat them without touching them with the hand. They are placed on a woman’s bench [siège de femme] called “bata” and thus licked up by the patient.

• Source: De Graer, Albert M. The art of healing among the Azande. Bruxelles: Goemaere, 1929.
• Culture: Azande
• Location: Africa