Volksheilkunde im Malaiischen Archipel

Rhinoceros horn (Javanese tjula, Malay tjula). The Javan rub it on a soft stone with some water, which produces a milky juice, which they use as a medicine against snakebite and rabies, as well as poisonous plants (van Hien). Mixed with water and drunk it would strengthen the body and remove all bad parts. Without mixing the thick juice is used against all ailments of the skin. According to Mrs Kloppenburg, the horn prepared as described would have a calming effect when used against poisoning. Sometimes disks are cut from the horn and put on the wound of a poisoning (van Andel). The same is true for the Malayans living in the country of Padang, and on Sumatra's East coast (Siak). To the Arabs, the horn is used for scorpion bites. These uses have no good explanation.