General info
First used in the early 1900s for "taon," a disease afficting children, successfully treated with daily doses of a sweetened decoction of dry roasted darak. The affiction was later identified as "beriberi." Twenty years later, Manuel Zamora, a pharmacist, developed a darak extract in syrup form, bottling it as "Tiki-tiki."

Constituents
Vitamins A, B complex, D and E; fat, 20%; carbohydrates; proteins; adenine; choline; arachidic, behenic, lignoceric, palmitic, and oleic arids; phytosterin.

Uses
· Beriberi and other vitamin deficiencies: 25% tea decoction. The bran can also be made into cookies or mixed with other bakery products.
· Laxative: Two teaspoons of Darak in one glass of water; cool, stir well and drink, daily as needed.
· Fringe folkloric: Pillows stuffed with darak has been used as a sleep aid for insomniacs.

Availability
Commercially available as animal feed.