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.
Having leprosy also made someone tuma (unclean) because there was no cure for it and in the eyes of the camp the person was a good as dead. In fact leprosy was sometimes called living death. Miriam was cursed with leprosy-- living death-- because her spiritual ego had caused her to doubt and fight against God.As a result she had become tuma, unclean, meaning that she had lost her spiritual power. Her outward condition of leprosy was a sign of the inward condition of her soul.aving leprosy also made someone tuma (unclean) because there was no cure for it and in the eyes of the camp the person was a good as dead. In fact leprosy was sometimes called living death. Miriam was cursed with leprosy-- living death-- because her spiritual ego had caused her to doubt and fight against God.