Frog - Frog

Japanese: カエルッパ - かえるっぱ
Frog - Frog

…[Aramata Hiroshi] In Japan, plantain is dried and boiled and used as a folk medicine to treat coughs, reduce fevers, and reduce anemia. Plantain is also called kaeruppa or bikkigusa, and it is said that if you place its leaves on a half-dead or dead frog, the frog will come back to life. Children play with plantain stalks by crossing them to make sumo grass, and if you pull out a plantain by the roots, it is said to be an omen of rain, and if you cut it off at the stem, the weather will be good. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kaeruppa" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【荒俣 宏】 日本でもオオバコは干して煎じたものは咳止め,解熱,貧血などの民間薬として使われる。またオオバコはカエルッパとかビッキグサなどと呼ばれ,半死または死んだカエルの上にこの葉をのせると,カエルが生き返るといわれている。オオバコの茎を交差させて相撲取り草にして子どもが遊んだり,オオバコをひきぬいてみて根から抜けると雨の前兆とされ,茎から切れると天気がよいという。…

※「カエルッパ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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