Across
- 4. He said that squeezing the juice of the leaves turns the milk hard (7)
- 6. The author believes it is difficult to dismiss all of Mara’s stories as (6)
- 7. The root of the medicinal creeper tasted different (14)
- 10. The native doctors believe that discussing the properties will make the medicine lose its (7)
- 12. One of the conditions treated with the creeper’s juice (5)
- 13. The reason the author accompanied Sanna and Mara (15)
- 18. This was injured, causing blood to spurt like a fountain (6)
- 19. Our Indian medicine system is suffering from this (13)
- 21. The full course of treatment for boils (3)
- 22. The number of days for the treatment of piles (4)
- 25. Mara’s clever setup in the forest to catch small animals (4)
- 26. The Englishman doctor was based here (11)
- 28. This plant has been cursed by a ______ (4)
- 30. This animal knows how to cure itself when bitten by poisonous snake (8)
- 31. This had to be protected from the sun (13)
Down
- 1. Author's doctor friends called him this whenever he tried to discuss the properties of the plant (9)
- 2. It took the author many years to know about the creeper (6)
- 3. Blood was flowing copiously like this (6)
- 5. The whiteman promised to offer this to Mara (12)
- 8. He was author's erstwhile farmhand (7)
- 9. Mara felt a different taste when he tried to brush his teeth (4)
- 11. This bird chewed the leaves instinctively (6)
- 14. What the creeper’s juice does to milk, according to Appanna (7)
- 15. The fruit resembles (13)
- 16. The texture of the milk after the experiment (14)
- 17. Tool that caused a near-fatal wound but led to a miraculous recovery (6)
- 20. Mara's wife found this when she unwrapped the leaves (12)
- 23. Author's friend was a plant pathologist (7)
- 24. Mara had laid a trap in the forest to catch (7)
- 27. Mara and his friend caught this animal (11)
- 29. The leaves resemble this plant (5)