Take leaves from a guava tree and rub them by hand to bring out the juices. Put in boiling water and add lemon peel for flavour.
Leave to stand for 30-40 minutes. Drink half a glass of the warm mixture three to four times a day, 30 minutes before food.
Continue taking for one week, by which time the cough or cold should have gone.

Nosebleeds

Take dry elephant dung from the bush.
If a nosebleed begins or if you feel one is about to start, burn a teaspoon-sized piece of the dung. Inhale the smoke, taking deep breaths.

Ear infection

Take three or four grains of fresh maize and pound them.
Put the crushed maize on a clean cloth or handkerchief, tie it, and squeeze hard until juice comes out. Put two drops of the juice in the infected ear