Umanyazini/Potassium permanganate

🔮 Traditional Uses of Umanyazini (Potassium Permanganate):

• Spiritual cleansing: Mixed with water for cleansing baths to remove umkhuhlane wesintu (spiritual sickness), bad luck, and evil attachments.
• Protection: Sprinkled around the home or used in washes to shield from witchcraft and enemies.
• Purification in rituals: Sometimes combined with herbs and administered during initiation or healing ceremonies.

🌍 Practical/Medical Uses (Modern):

• It’s a disinfectant: used for washing wounds, fungal infections, and skin conditions.
• Diluted solutions are used for soaking feet or skin to kill germs.

⚠️ Important note: Because it’s a strong chemical, if overdosed or not diluted properly, it can burn skin or be toxic if swallowed. Traditionally healers usually use very small, controlled amounts mixed with large amounts of water.