The Sacred water lotus has been used in the Orient as a medicinal herb for well over 1,500 years. All parts of the plant are used, they are astringent, cardiotonic, febrifuge, hypotensive, resolvent, stomachic, styptic, tonic and vasodilator.
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a chronic infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis.Initially, infections are without symptoms and typically remain this way from 5 to as long as 20 years.eprosy in Tahiti, circa 1895. Leprosy is primarily a granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract; skin lesions (light or dark patches) are the primary external sign. If untreated, leprosy can progress and cause permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs, and eyes.
The word leprosy comes from ancient Greek Î»Î­ÏÏÎ± [leprÄ], lÃ©prÄ a disease that makes the skin, scaly in, turn a nominal derivation of the VERB [Î»Î­ÏÏ], lepÅ lÃ©pÅ, to peel. SCALE (Off) Î»Î­ÏÎ¿Ï lepos In ancient greek, means peel, or scale SO from Î»Î­ÏÎ¿Ï WE (HAVE Î»ÎµÏÎµÏÏÏ (=Î»ÎµÏÎµÏÏÏ). Î»ÎµÏÏÏÏ leproust remained associated with leprosy throughout its history. The first monks in this order were leper knights, and they originally had leper grand masters, although these aspects of the order changed over the centuries. From this order was derived the name lazar house.