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NATIVE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES CHEW BETTLENUT, A MIXTURE OF SODA
ASH, A NUT FROM PALMS AND THEN WHICH IS WRAPPED IN LEAVES,
TO KEEP THEIR GUMS RED SO THEIR TEETH LOOK WHITE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A FILIPINO PRACTICE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-21-1977